Doug Hastings recently completed his 87th blood donation in Massachusetts. He said the first time he gave blood was on a whim in 2007. Read Full Article
Danielle Bradford’s daughter, Amelia Radford, was saved by blood transfusions while she battled cancer, and Danielle is spreading awareness. “Around September of 2020, she got a little bruise under her eye and she was just a wiggly baby so I didn’t think anything of it,” said Radford. But when Amelia’s
Albert Jasso knows how important it is to have donated blood at the ready during a medical emergency. Jasso’s 11-year-old son, Cam, recently needed blood transfusions while undergoing chemotherapy treatments for orbital rhabdomyosarcoma, a cancer of the eye. “This time around, we knew it was going to be more intense,
Every month, Kathryn Banks relies on the plasma donations of 200 strangers to help her manage a rare neurological auto-immune condition. Without the generously donated blood products, the Taranaki teacher’s quality of life would rapidly deteriorate. “Because of these donors, I can carry on with my life. I’m not bedridden
Marleigh Fisher looks like any other happy six-year-old girl. She loves going to school, playing with her friends and attending ballet classes. But there is much more to this brave little girl than meets the eye. Diagnosed with a chronic autoimmune disorder when she was just three, Marleigh is being
