A Louisville mother’s life has come full circle as the Kentucky Blood Center gears up for a summer blood drive. In 2004, Melissa Crittenden gave birth to Erin, her second child. Melissa almost bled to death after complications arose during and after labor and she ended up receiving more than …

Paul Dragan, considered “clinically dead” after being shot by an ex-employee outside his Vancouver bike shop in 2014, says he ‘wouldn’t be alive right now if I didn’t get the blood from someone else.’ The gifts of strangers brought him back to life roughly eight years ago, and now, a …

A MUM whose infant son needed a life-saving blood transfusion is backing an NHS drive to boost the number of donors. Teacher Steph Davis, 39, gave birth to her son Aiden at Winchester Hospital. Soon after the delivery, the newborn needed a life-saving blood transfusion. Alfie’s mother’s blood had crossed …

The American Red Cross says they are teaming up with the family of a boy who was hospitalized with a rare immune disease. In 2017, Troy Ross, a then 2-year-old from Great Falls was diagnosed with a rare immune disease that required nearly three-quarters of his blood be replaced, according …

A New Hampshire woman is sharing her story of survival after a serious car crash in an effort to encourage more people to donate blood. Two years ago, Kristen Pedersen was nearly killed in a car crash, but she said she’s alive today thanks to blood donations. On the evening …

I had my son, Charlie, bang on his due date of the 3rd of January 2021, but after a normal delivery I failed to deliver the placenta. When the placenta did arrive, a 5cm piece had torn off and remained in my womb and it caused a major haemorrhage. I …