In a routine visit with her physician to prep for chemo, it was discovered that Munira’s organs were on the verge of shutting down. An emergency blood transfusion, made possible by donors, saved her life in the nick of time. Transfusions became a regular part of Munira’s blood cancer treatment
A group of Billings moms know just how important blood can be. They’re each mothers of children battling cancer who have been helped immeasurably by blood transfusions. Since September is National Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month, the group figured it was their time to call attention to this crucial lifeline by
The family of a local 4-year-old girl who has bravely fought leukemia for nearly two years knows just how important blood can be to someone in her position. Joy Arseneau, who was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in November 2020, has needed several transfusions during her fight. Her mother Nikki
Carson Landry, the 3-year-old son of Raymond “Shrimp” Landry and Paige Landry, was diagnosed with blood cancer (leukemia) on Friday, July 8, 2022. Ongoing chemotherapy will be administered to eradicate cancer cells. Treatment can last as long as one to three years. Unfortunately, chemotherapy can also affect healthy blood cells,
Danielle Bradford’s daughter, Amelia Radford, was saved by blood transfusions while she battled cancer, and Danielle is spreading awareness. “Around September of 2020, she got a little bruise under her eye and she was just a wiggly baby so I didn’t think anything of it,” said Radford. But when Amelia’s
A Scots teen who has battled aggressive cancer for seven years has returned home from hospital after a round of gruelling treatment and blood transfusion. Kira Noble, who was first diagnosed aged just 11, has relapsing neuroblastoma – a cancer that comes from immature nerve cells. The Edinburgh teen’s family