A fifteen-year-old who fell nearly fifty feet off a cliff edge says he’s still alive today thanks to the double blood transfusion he received at the scene. Leighton Alexander, from North Tyneside, was put into an induced coma after the accident two years ago. He required several blood transfusions on
Nothing means more than the gift of life through blood donation. Your plasma can help people fight a number of illnesses including cancer. The tiny cells help people regain their strength, fight infections and helps them through a quick and smooth recovery following cancer treatments. Now more than ever blood
A mum-of-three has urged people to keep to their blood donation appointments after suffering two miscarriages and having her life saved. Sarah Saunders, 41, from Sutton Bonington, needed three units of blood and surgery at the Queen’s Medical Centre shortly before Christmas 2010 after she started to miscarry severely. Mrs
The South Delta community rallied around a family donating blood at a Canadian Blood Services drive in Ladner this week. Carly and Ryan Walsh-Fraser’s four-year-old son Smyth has now recovered from a serious medical emergency last summer, so for the past two years the family, with the support of relatives
Patrick Lee, 67, has passed the practice of donating blood onto his children and grandchildren. “I wanted them to be comfortable with donating blood. And they’ve all been blood donors,” Lee said. The process for donating blood for the American Red Cross is routine. Fill out your health history and
As an expectant parent, perhaps you’ve heard about preserving your newborn’s umbilical cord blood, and educated yourself on the pros and cons of both private banking and public donation. If you’ve decided to privately bank, you select a bank, and start working directly with that company’s representative. If you’ve decided that
A church community is donating life in memory of a beloved member of their congregation following his death. Dozens of people showed up to donate blood at St. Peter’s Catholic Church blood drive Wednesday dedicated to Dan Needham. The church on Meyer Boulevard in Kansas City holds blood drives every