Blood drive honors boy who survived rare disease

When Leon “Lee” Garfat was just 4 months old, he was diagnosed with a rare disease that attacks the immune system. His family was told that without treatment, he would not live past the age of 2. “The doctors said that he had a disease that was not only affecting his …
Giving blood may not necessarily be something that is at the top of everyone’s mind, but for one woman it’s all she can think about. We talked to Tina Waits, a woman with a rare blood disease that has required her to have more than 600 blood transfusions. Tina Waits, …
While many people are out holiday shopping, buying gifts for friends and family, there’s another way to spread holiday cheer during this festive season. The Central Texas College nursing program will hold a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday on the Carter BloodCare bus, which will be …
Terry Krug of Centerville celebrated his milestone 200th lifetime blood donation on Nov. 10 at the Dayton Community Blood Center’s Donor Center As a platelet and plasma donor, Krug tries to donate every two weeks. He reached his 200th milestone with his 17th donation of the year. “It feels great!” …
One local woman celebrated 100 years of the American Red Cross on Monday by giving her 100th blood donation in Kentucky. Mary Sullivan donated her 100th pint of blood Monday afternoon at the American Red Cross’ downtown Louisville blood donation center. When she arrived at the center, she was presented with a plaque, thanking …
Kempsey Shire residents are being urged to add a blood donation to their festive to-do lists, with the Port Macquarie Donor Centre taking appointments for the gift of life this Christmas and New Year. There are 100 places still to be filled to secure stocks for leukaemia patients, new mums, trauma …
“She’d bring me to her workplace when I was a kid,” recalls Chui, now 34. “I basically followed her everywhere.” And even after Chui became a mother herself, she still followed her around. In early 2015, Chui’s mother was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukaemia, a type of cancer that is …
According to the Red Cross, 50 percent of blood donors are regulars. But one Wyoming woman is not just a regular – she’s one of a kind. Marty Robinson has donated 30 gallons of blood, one pint at a time. That’s 240 pints over 43 years. “It’s not hard giving …
The Northmont Animal Clinic will celebrate Dr. Steve Dicke with a round of applause, plus some barks and meows, when he arrives wearing his new Community Blood Center “Donor for Life – 100 LTD” jacket. Steve made his milestone 100th lifetime blood donation Thursday, Nov. 9 at the Dayton Donor …
Carrying on a fine tradition of donations. When the National Wax Museum Plus and the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) recently joined up to encourage people to give blood, they drafted in the museum’s Dracula to help. The bloodsucker visited various locations across Dublin and the public was asked to …