An Eagle Lake woman has made giving blood a personal mission after her youngest son was diagnosed with cancer.
After not donating for almost 40 years, she is now a blood ambassador and hopes to inspire others with her story.
On Sept. 3, 2020, Janis Hughes received a call from her youngest son, Christopher.
He had just been diagnosed with terminal blood cancer.
“When he called us with that, it was like my whole world disintegrated. It just fell apart,” Hughes said.
As a mother, Hughes says she was devastated and unsure of how to help.
“Your world sort of crumbles, and you cry, you cry a lot, but you need a sense of doing something, because that’s, I think, the worst part, you feel so helpless.”
That is when she knew there was something she was able to do for her son and others.
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