Scared and unprepared for what was to come, we brought our first child into the world hoping she’d never need a transfusion. Life had other plans. Saradpon is a stay-at-home mother of two and a florist. She is president of the Cooley’s Anemia Foundation California chapter, organizes blood drives and
An 11-year-old patient celebrates her 100th blood transfusion at St. Luke’s Hospital. Hannah has beta thalassemia, a blood disorder caused when the body doesn’t make enough of a protein called hemoglobin. When there isn’t enough hemoglobin, the body’s red blood cells don’t function properly and there are fewer healthy red
Nellie Grenier, the mother of a nine-year-old girl in Sherbrooke, Que., says blood product donations not only saved her daughter as a baby but also ensured she can enjoy a typical childhood. Her daughter, Justine, has a genetic disease known as Diamond-Blackfan anemia, where the bone marrow fails to produce
“There are so many people, you hear it every day on the radio or TV, that they need blood, and now, especially since Covid hit, they need it even … Read Full Article
Kate Fisher’s unwavering determination to save her seven-year-old daughter Marleigh has sparked a global movement advocating to end critical blood shortages in Australia and abroad. When Marleigh was just three years old, she was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disorder that changed everything for the Fisher family. Autoimmune encephalitis and
