A local truck driver who wanted to repay the NHS for helping save his partner’s life after she was twice diagnosed with breast cancer has put his motoring skills to good use by becoming a ‘blood biker’. Phil Sharrock, 53, who works for Wrexham-based McCarthy Distribution, is a volunteer rider for
Southern Maine and Midcoast Maine will honor a young child’s cancer battle with a memorial blood drive. Community members are encouraged to come out to donate blood in memory of 4-year-old Bath native Madeline Marzen, who passed away in October 2017 after a brief, aggressive battle with a malignant brain
After being diagnosed with neuroblastoma at age 2, J.R. Tell received multiple blood transfusions during his medical treatment. Now 13 and cancer-free for 10 years, the Mattoon Middle School eighth-grader is a big proponent people giving blood to help those in medical need. “J.R. understands the importance and encourages everyone
Burnet High School’s Health Occupation Students of America say their upcoming blood drive has a greater significance than the ones they helped organize in the past. This one is for Team Thiago. Team Thiago was created for 3-year-old Thiago Paxtor, the son of a Burnet Consolidated Independent School District teacher.
Despairing parents of an adorable little toddler have spoken of their gratitude at the 120 strangers who have donated blood to help save her life. Adeline Davidson, two, needs a blood transfusion every week to stay alive due to her rare blood cancer , myelodysplasia. But parents Jordan and Stephanie
At 12 years of age, Stephanie Bible is suffering from neuroblastoma for the second time in her young life. A blood drive to replenish supplies for Stephanie will be held today by MEDIC Regional Blood Center at Community Freewill Baptist Church, located at 1660 Phagan Store Road in Talbott, from
Three years ago 13abc introduced you to Elly Wickenhesier, a little girl from Carleton, Michigan who asked to be mailed Christmas cards while she battled cancer. After two years in remission, her family got devastating news that the cancer came back. “It’s hard, especially since this is the second time,”