12- year-old cancer survivor thanks donators at Redding blood drive
Dublin Dad opens up about how a blood transfusion helped his three-year-old son
Meet the 22-Year-Old Breaking the Blood Bank Crisis in Cameroon
As a nursing school student in Cameroon, Melissa Bime remembers watching helplessly as a mother struggled to find a blood match for her 5-year-old daughter, Rita. After three days of fruitless searching, Rita died. A week later, Bime discovered that a hospital 20 minutes away had had the right blood
Blood donor becomes the recipient – the importance of life-saving blood donation
Danielle Furrell has always donated blood. It was second nature to do something so easy that could potentially help others, but she never anticipated that one day, blood transfusions would save her own life. “I’ve always donated before, I always knew it was important,” Furrell said. “Until it happened to
Give blood, support fellow Hampton student
Woman that received 220 blood transfusions urging people to give “gift of life”
Ashlee Ruvalcaba is alive thanks to the “gift of life.” “If it wasn’t for donors, I wouldn’t be here today,” said the Atascadero resident, four years after facing a life-and-death health scare. Her experience is why she’s now an advocate for blood donation and is hopeful the upcoming Vitalant (Formerly United Blood Services)
Evie gets the gift of life, thanks to donor
A little girl who has exhausted all treatment options is to be given the gift of life. Seven-year-old Evie Campbell was diagnosed with the rare blood disorder, Diamond-Blackfan anaemia (DBA), at just seven weeks old. The Shilbottle youngster, who had her 53rd blood transfusion yesterday, is now set to receive