Family credits blood donations with helping save daughter’s life
Seventeen-year-old Abby Droessler, a Hayward High School junior and student athlete, enjoys riding and showing horses, hunting and volunteering for church and community events. Unlike most teenagers her age, Abby is also a blood recipient who needed multiple transfusions of blood products following a July 2015 watercraft accident that left
After getting 61 units of blood, she hosts a blood drive
In March 2017 Amelia Iverson suffered a near-fatal birth complication requiring massive amounts of blood transfusions. In total, she received 61 units, which replaced all the blood in her body approximately six times. Now Iverson wants to give back and make sure there is enough blood for others who need
Give back to those who Gave blood drive held
The 25-gallon club: Blood donors keep on giving
‘He wouldn’t be sitting here right now:’ Blood donations help save boy’s life
Pedalling their way to educate people on blood donation
The boards clung to their bicycles reads ‘donate blood, save life’. Carrying blankets to sleep on and plastic sheet to protect them from rain, Jaydeb Routh (47) and Sibli Bishara (22) started their journey from Kolkata to Kanyakumari on July 1 to create awareness on blood donation. They made a