Dad has made 200 donations of blood to say ‘thank you’ to medics who saved wife’s life
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Caring David Machin has been to give blood and vital platelets an incredible 200 times over the last three decades – after witnessing first-hand the important role donors play in saving lives. Back in 1986 the forklift truck driver had waved goodbye to wife Kim and left her with their …
Student pilots and instructors from Vance Air Force Base filled the seats at Oklahoma Blood Institute Enid donor center Friday to help OBI respond to a critical blood supply shortage. About 100 pilots from the 71st Student Squadron came out to donate blood and volunteer at OBI, one day after OBI …
Instead of presents and birthday cake for her son’s first birthday, a Guelph mother is asking for blood donations and cash donations to the Cardiac Critical Care unit at Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto. Nolan Glazier was born on Feb. 6, 2017. Only nine days later he underwent open-heart surgery. The newborn was missing …
Little Estelle’s second birthday has turned into a celebration of survival for the toddler and her mother Rachel. Estelle and Rachel Taufer, 33, from Northmead in Sydney’s north-west, survived a high-risk pregnancy which caused haemorrhaging and premature labour. Estelle was born at 26 weeks due to a complication in pregnancy …
A Saint John firefighter is urging people to come forward over the coming weeks. Canadian Blood Services has issued an urgent call for blood, nationwide. About 1,000 donors are being sought in New Brunswick by March 10, while 32,000 are wanted across the country. Jamie Maillet, 42, is a 17-year veteran of …
A Wallaceburg man has set a milestone. Gerry Flynn donated blood for his 150th time recently. Flynn, a retired teacher and businessman, donated blood for the 150th time on Jan. 25 at Canadian Blood Services clinic held at Wallaceburg’s UAW Hall. Flynn said half of Canada’s population is able to …
OneBlood says that 88-year-old Lowell Collins from Umatilla, Florida has donated his 150th gallon of blood, reaching a milestone most people could not even imagine. 150 gallons, visualized with 30 5-gallon drums stacked in the donor center, shows how much blood he has given to date. Collins is career blood …
22-year-old Kechaunna Gaddis was diagnosed with cancer last year. “My nose started to bleed. I started to have a nauseous feeling. I started going back to my neurologist and that’s when I found out last year in June that I was sick. It has been about eight or nine months and the worst …
At just two years old, Hudson Harloff has had 52 blood transfusions and multiple surgeries. To the outside world he looks like a normal toddler, but every few weeks Hudson receives a blood transfusion necessary to keep him alive. Hudson is one of many children in West Michigan whose livelihood …
A 15-year-old girl who has a rare disorder met the blood donors who have helped save her life on Friday. Mia has a rare kind of anemia which prevents her body from producing red blood cells. She’ll need a transfusion every month for the rest of her life. She thought …