A LITTLE boy living with cancer has created a special video – released on his sixth birthday – encouraging more people to give blood and raise awareness for the charity that supported him. Henry Turner, from Southend, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in April 2020, shortly after his third
After a year and a half bout with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), the most fatal strain of the blood disease, local hero Annmarie Shay now uses her story of perseverance through seemingly insurmountable odds to help others, while championing the importance of donating blood. Annmarie is 51 and married with
Blakely Douglas is a thriving 3-year-old girl. But her mom and dad, Brock and Ashley Douglas, say Blakely has been thrown a few curve balls during her relatively short life. “Two days after her second birthday, she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia,” her mom said. The American Cancer Society
The Coram Fire Department hosted a blood drive on Thursday in honor of a 4-year-old boy who is bravely battling leukemia. Leonardo Portillo was recently diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a type of cancer that affects white blood cells. Portillo is currently being treated at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital and
