Event inspired by Laredo toddler hopes to give the gift of life
Matteson girl’s birthday party raises awareness, blood donations for sickle cell patients
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Jan
A special birthday party was held for children living with sickle cell disease. “Really what people don’t know is that you don’t know if someone has sickle cell or sickle cell trait just by looking at them,” said Danielle Shorter, whose 8-year-old daughter Olivia was born with the disease. Olivia
Menomonee Falls mothers host blood drive for kids battling cancer
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Dec
The mothers in Menomonee Falls whose kids are battling cancer are having a successful blood drive at the Radisson Inn. The Blood Center of Wisconsin’s sign up sheet had 120 donors to help these four women save other people’s lives. The women have taken on the nickname “The Fab Four.” Courtney Miles, Katie Maziasz,
“Thanks to them, I’m living today”; – an appeal for blood donors in the region
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Dec
A fifteen-year-old who fell nearly fifty feet off a cliff edge says he’s still alive today thanks to the double blood transfusion he received at the scene. Leighton Alexander, from North Tyneside, was put into an induced coma after the accident two years ago. He required several blood transfusions on
Family gets help giving back at Ladner blood donor clinic
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Dec
The South Delta community rallied around a family donating blood at a Canadian Blood Services drive in Ladner this week. Carly and Ryan Walsh-Fraser’s four-year-old son Smyth has now recovered from a serious medical emergency last summer, so for the past two years the family, with the support of relatives
Thanks to blood donors, Kerala woman with rare Bombay blood group delivers baby
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Dec
When Agnus Lourd Mary approached a private hospital at Kattappana in Idukki last week for her delivery, doctors made a puzzling discovery during her check-up – Agnus’ blood group did not match anything existing. They referred Agnus and her husband Shijo Thomas to the Kottayam Medical College and Caritas Hospital.
Give life this holiday season: Jamie West hosting blood donor clinic to support Sudbury family
Clarenville woman says blood donations were vital to her cancer treatment
Blood drive for local girl at Grace United Methodist Church on Oct. 20
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Oct
Paula Lopatosky, a Southington resident, is hosting her ninth annual blood drive at Grace United Methodist Church at 121 Pleasant St, Southington CT in honor of Plainville residents Daniela and Matteo Ciriello on Saturday, Oct. 20 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30p.m. Daniela is six years old and was diagnosed with Beta
Matteson girl, 8, with sickle cell hosts party, blood drive to help others
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Sep
A young Matteson girl who is battling sickle cell disease held a party Saturday for children just like her and an opportunity for people to give blood. The second annual Sickle Cell Anemia Blood Drive and Celebration celebrated Olivia Shorter’s 8th birthday. She was was born with the disease. Last