Imagine being a healthy, happy 12-yearold boy enjoying family and friends – then suddenly having your life forever changed by a cancer diagnosis. That’s exactly what happened to Jasiah. Last year, he was diagnosed with an extremely rare brain tumor known as Intracranial Sarcoma. A born fighter, Jasiah recently finished
Wilfrid Laurier University employee Dan Polischuk (BA ’10) knows that blood donations save lives. Moved by a news story about a motor-vehicle accident, Polischuk — a communications coordinator in Laurier’s Athletics and Recreation department — began to donate blood. Polischuk continues to give as a member of Laurier’s Partners for
A Shasta County man says blood donations saved his life as he battled cancer. Dave Hutchison survived testicular cancer thanks to 71 rounds of chemotherapy, seven surgeries, a bone marrow transplant and around 100 blood transfusions. “I was just a busy diesel mechanic working away and when cancer changed my
A North Antrim MLA who has recently hit a 60th blood donation milestone has urged the public to consider supporting the Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service. Former Minister of Health Robin Swann MLA proudly marked the significant milestone, highlighting the critical importance of blood donation in saving lives and bolstering
WFMY News 2’s Eric Chilton talked to people about why they donate blood and how it helps save lives. Read Full Article
Jhoanna Del Rosario braces for summer. Rosario, a territorial manager at Canadian Blood Services, worries for the same reasons why most yearn for the season: looser schedules and weeks-long escapes from Calgary. Because as people lose themselves in their summer plans, whether relishing Stampede’s offerings or slipping away from their
Hoxworth Blood Center is struggling currently with a drop in donors, which tends to happen during the busy summer months. But a little girl named Brynn, who needs donations herself, is asking for help. Brynn was diagnosed with factor XIII deficiency shortly after she was born in 2019. It’s an
Every three weeks, Katrina Crume and Aaron Dean Calloway made the nearly two-hour journey from their home near Owensboro, Kentucky, to Louisville so their baby, Phoebe, could receive a lifesaving blood transfusion. What made these transfusions remarkable was Phoebe was still in the womb. What made them necessary was incompatibility