Child with Leukemia fights for blood donations as Arkansas endures blood supply shortage
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115 days ago, little Madison Adams was living her life as any 11-year-old girl would; until a visit to the doctor turned her and her family’s world upside down. Crystal Adams, Madison’s mother, says she noticed bruising, which is not normal along with a cough and headache. It then that …
The Richmond Fire Department is honoring one of their own as he battles Leukemia. On Feb. 15, RFD along with the American Red Cross will host a blood drive at the Richmond Convention Center from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in honor of Firefighter Jonathan Clarke. “Firefighter Jonathan Clarke was …
Red Deer Polytechnic’s Student-Athletes Advisory Council recently joined forces with Canadian Blood Services for the third annual Bleed Green Campaign. From January 14-31, the polytechnic’s student-athletes encouraged fellow teammates, friends, family, and community members to donate blood under RDP Athletics and support Canadian Blood Services. Shamus Neeson, a Canadian Blood …
Once again, blood is in short supply at area hospitals. That’s why WSFA 12 News is teaming up with LifeSouth Community Blood Center to help. This Friday is our annual Give from the Heart blood drive. The drive will be from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. at LifeSouth Community Blood …
The mayor of London has donated blood as part of a drive to save lives. At least 40,000 new donors are needed in the capital each year over the next five years to keep supplying blood for lifesaving treatments, according to the NHS. There is a particular focus on increasing …
A couple in Karnataka’s Haveri district entered into wedlock with a noble cause — donating blood — to show his gratitude for the timely blood he had received after meeting a fatal accident four years ago. While Praveen Subbannavar (32), an electrician by profession, donated one unit of his ‘O …
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 …
It was Janice Schmitz’s first time ever donating blood, and she brought a good portion of her family along. “My two daughters, my daughter-in-law and my sister,” Schmitz said. All five of them donated a unit of blood this afternoon at the Broadcasters Unite for Life Winter Blood Drive, put …
Just over a week ago, the blighted Rosemary Apartments in north Toledo finally came down. It was that vacant building, which stood at the corner of N. Detroit Ave. and Phillips Ave., where 16-year-old Joshua Sorrell fell five stories to his death while exploring the abandoned property with friends in …
A 10-year-old survivor of the Uvalde school shooting and her parents got to thank another set of life-savers – her blood donors – on Saturday as South Texas Blood & Tissue marked the fifth anniversary of a lifesaving whole-blood donor program. Christina and Ruben Zamora have met and thanked everyone …