Blood drive to be held in honor of Lawrence fifth-grader; regional blood shortage persists
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It was a few days before Christmas 2021. Olive Mitchell was on winter break from the fifth grade and she wasn’t feeling well. “She was bruising,” her mother Lauren Mitchell says. “Her bruises were really big and dark, and she was very pale and very tired.” Lauren took Olive to …
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, …
A Northeast Bradford freshman has organized an upcoming blood drive in Rome to help combat the national blood shortage. Cody Strauss, 14, will host the blood drive for the American Red Cross at Rome Presbyterian Church located at 939 Main Street. The event will take place on Wednesday, Aug. 10 …
Maddalena Tray’s entrance into the world in February 2017 was not easy. At birth, she was diagnosed with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, disseminated intravascular coagulation, kidney and liver failure, and possible brain damage. It’s hard to imagine that a tiny baby could endure all these medical issues. The night she was …
Doug Hastings recently completed his 87th blood donation in Massachusetts. He said the first time he gave blood was on a whim in 2007. Read Full Article
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 …
Most of the time when you donate blood, you don’t know where it goes, or who it goes to, but Haylee Werth is one of those recipients. The 7-year-old’s journey started in October 2020 when she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. “She woke up in the middle of the …
A Louisville mother’s life has come full circle as the Kentucky Blood Center gears up for a summer blood drive. In 2004, Melissa Crittenden gave birth to Erin, her second child. Melissa almost bled to death after complications arose during and after labor and she ended up receiving more than …
Albert Jasso knows how important it is to have donated blood at the ready during a medical emergency. Jasso’s 11-year-old son, Cam, recently needed blood transfusions while undergoing chemotherapy treatments for orbital rhabdomyosarcoma, a cancer of the eye. “This time around, we knew it was going to be more intense, …
Every month, Kathryn Banks relies on the plasma donations of 200 strangers to help her manage a rare neurological auto-immune condition. Without the generously donated blood products, the Taranaki teacher’s quality of life would rapidly deteriorate. “Because of these donors, I can carry on with my life. I’m not bedridden …