Over the last month, Eden Jackson has realized the importance of blood donation, and she’s doing her part to spread the word. In May, Jackson’s 6-year-old sister, Violet, was diagnosed with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. As part of her treatment at Omaha’s Children’s Hospital, Violet has to receive two blood
A parting comment during a routine yearly checkup in May led to many parents’ worse nightmare: A cancer diagnosis. A little more than one month, cancer treatments and some blood transfusions later, 6-year-old Violet Jackson of Columbus appears to be doing better, and her family is raising awareness about the
Troy Ross, a Great Falls seven-year-old diagnosed with a rare auto-immune disease in 2017, is doing better, so now his TroyStrong motto is headlining American Red Cross blood drives across Montana. The blood donated at these drives is not going directly to Troy, but rather, “the next person who needs
Have you ever wondered where your blood goes after you donate? As I rolled up my sleeve to donate blood at ARUP Blood Services, their spokesperson, Lance Bandley told me; “Every single day there’s 12 to 18 kids at Primary Children’s waiting for blood. At University and Huntsman there’s another
