The national blood shortage is putting patients who rely on donations at risk.

Atlanta News First spoke to a patient with sickle cell disease in LaGrange who said without this support she can barely function, and now she’s hoping more people will step up and donate.

“It’s a lifesaver and like I truly do not think I would be here without it,” LaGrange resident Keyera Jennings said.

The last few months for Jennings have been very uncertain.

“This blood is a lifesaver. It prevents you from having strokes, heart attacks, the damage that sickle cell can cause it prevents that,” Jennings said.

Jennings has sickle cell disease and relies on donated blood from people who are B-positive.

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