Blood is the glue that binds families together, but back in 1997, it was blood that sparked a tradition that would keep Mick Pytlik’s family tighter and stronger.
“My great aunt had an aneurysm, an abdominal aneurysm, that ruptured. She was like another grandma to us, and I was sitting in the hospital with her, they kept hanging units of blood. It donned on me that that blood came from somewhere. They didn’t just pull it out of the refrigerator, it had to come from people,” Mick said.
The chance to possibly save his great aunt’s life, as well as many others, inspired Mick to donate blood several times a year.
That passion for helping others through blood donation spread to his oldest daughter, Roberta.
“My dad and I have a lot in common, and we have similar personalities, and so it sort of felt like it came naturally,” Roberta said.
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