A little girl who has exhausted all treatment options is to be given the gift of life. Seven-year-old Evie Campbell was diagnosed with the rare blood disorder, Diamond-Blackfan anaemia (DBA), at just seven weeks old. The Shilbottle youngster, who had her 53rd blood transfusion yesterday, is now set to receive
Each year thousands of New Zealanders give part of themselves away for nothing in return. In Stuff’s five-part series, Hannah Martin spoke to those who give and receive everything from organs to sperm about the lifesaving and life-changing effects of their actions. Each time she spikes a fever or gets
Local Red Cross blood drive coordinator Jake Dixon has made giving blood a lifetime commitment. Dixon started donating as a young man to save a friend’s life and found the experience so rewarding, he never stopped. Read Full Article
Nora Bazin shuffles through a handful of cards with messages written by strangers she will never meet. “What do you call an alligator wearing a vest?” she asks, reading one card. “An investigator.” Her mother smiles and laughs. Nora, 7, has T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma, an aggressive cancer that started in the lymph nodes in her neck and