Robin Sharps is living proof of that.
It all began when she was taking her dogs out to play.
“My dogs… they ran into the back of my knee and took my knee out, and I needed to have surgery on my tibia,” Sharps said.
But little did she know her world was about to turn upside down.
“I had my very first PT appointment, and just as I was walking out the door, I felt a wave come over me,” she said. “I was lightheaded and felt sick and nauseous and to the point where I didn’t think that I could drive myself. Called my husband, and I started getting sick. Then I went into cardiac arrest.”
Sharps later learned she was suffering from a pulmonary embolism and had massive clots in her chest, but she said what saved her was the 114 units of blood donated by strangers.
“Because they did that, I’m alive today,” said Sharps. “They gave me the gift of life. They gave me the opportunity to celebrate my 25th wedding anniversary with my husband. They gave me more time with my two children. Their selfless act, I call it ‘heroic’.”
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