A Louisville mother’s life has come full circle as the Kentucky Blood Center gears up for a summer blood drive.

In 2004, Melissa Crittenden gave birth to Erin, her second child. Melissa almost bled to death after complications arose during and after labor and she ended up receiving more than a dozen units of blood, which saved her life.

Eighteen years later she was able to watch her daughter — a valedictorian at Fern Creek High and future Centre College student — walk across the stage at her high school graduation in May 2022. Melissa now works with Kentucky Blood Center to coordinate blood drives at her work and is an advocate for blood donation.

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