Like many people who receive blood transfusions, Brystol Bates never thought she would need one. What makes her story unique is that when she first needed blood, she hadn’t thought about anything. Period. Born 13 weeks premature, the Fair Grove, Missouri, native needed two lifesaving blood transfusions within the first
Blood Donation Camp by Abdul Rahman M. Baig. The Tamil Nadu Tawheed Jamaat organized its 24th Blood Donation Camp at King Abdulaziz Hospital … Read Full Article
The Greater Bethlehem Temple Pentecostal Church and the American Red Cross held a blood drive all day Friday to honor and raise awareness for Sa’ray Harvey, a 6-year-old girl suffering from sickle cell disease. Lynn resident Schuyler Hogan, Harvey’s cousin, helped organize the blood drive alongside Bishop Anthony Bennett and
The family of a 1-year-old Mansfield girl with Kawasaki disease, a relatively rare ailment involving inflammation of blood vessels, will hold a blood drive Friday in Attleboro for Boston Children’s Hospital patients. The drive is “an effort for my family to give back to the hospital who saved my daughter’s
Sarah Buelow has seen firsthand the impact blood transfusions have on a person’s well-being. Her daughter, 12-year-old Allison Petrusczak passed away last month after a battle with brain cancer. She was diagnosed last year and given a one-year prognosis. While Petrusczak fought past the prognosis, she died on February 20,
At best thalassaemia leaves you tired, weak, and pale because the body does not produce enough haemoglobin to carry oxygen around the body. At worst a dangerous iron build-up caused by regular blood transfusions could kill you if it goes unchecked. Graphic designer Ashkaan Bandoui, 34, from Acton suffers from
