The Great Chicago Blood Drive is right around the corner and it’s important to show the impact one donation can make on a family.
Jill Wrobel may seem like a typical mom, but she has had an atypical journey.
“So when I was 30 years old and I was pregnant for the first time, I was diagnosed with eye cancer,” Wrobel said.
Wrobel’s diagnosis put her in a tough position to choose between her eye or her child.
“It didn’t seem right to me to undergo radiation,” she said.
Wrobel chose her son. But, 18 months after the birth of a healthy baby boy, the cancer returned. And though her cancer treatment ultimately saved her life, it came with some life-threatening complications.
“My immune system got a little confused,” Wrobel said, “which resulted in me losing a lot of blood in the hospital over about a month’s period of time. And by a lot of blood, I mean probably close to 20 units of transfusion over a two to three-week period.”
Now Wrobel is asking people to think about the impact a simple blood donation can make.
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