Blood donations help to save a St. Augustine 2-year-old’s life – WOKV
One-year-old diagnosed with rare blood disorder highlights importance of donation – KFSM
22
Nov
One-year-old Declan de Gruy is a patient in need of blood transfusions every three weeks. Declan was diagnosed with Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) at just three months old, leaving his bone marrow unable to make red blood cells. While many patients with DBA can be treated effectively with steroid therapy, Declan
A young patient aspires to give back to the hospital that helped save her life | LHSC
9
Nov
Sixteen-year-old Andie Morrison is no stranger to London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) and Children’s Hospital. Andie was born with Diamond Blackfan Anemia (DBA), a rare bone marrow failure which had her fighting for her life at the early age of nine weeks old. Children with DBA have bone marrow that
Community unites to host blood drive to help baby with rare blood disorder – KATV
Blood donations save lives, says Quebec mom as dedicated donors honoured in Sherbrooke
12
Oct
Nellie Grenier, the mother of a nine-year-old girl in Sherbrooke, Que., says blood product donations not only saved her daughter as a baby but also ensured she can enjoy a typical childhood. Her daughter, Justine, has a genetic disease known as Diamond-Blackfan anemia, where the bone marrow fails to produce
Nationwide blood shortage impacting Georgia sickle cell patients – Atlanta News First
Vicki’s bloody grateful for donation – Riverine Herald
Blood drive encourages donors for sickle cell anemia awareness
For those with sickle cell anemia, relief can be one donation away – CBS News
17
Jun
A blood drive to help people living with the inherited blood disorder sickle cell anemia was held in Brockton on Friday. “This is a matter of life and death,” says Michael Hendricks, whose wife lives with sickle cell anemia, a blood disorder that results in an abnormality in the oxygen-carrying
Against All Odds: A Family’s Journey with Sickle Cell – Red Cross
