Transfusions Saved Alex and Claudia

Both Mead children, 3-year-old Claudia and 6-year-old Alex, were born with a rare form of anemia. Both kids needed a blood transfusion when they were only hours old.

Alex received blood transfusions until he was 5½ and Claudia continues to receive a blood transfusion every three weeks. Between
the two of them, they have received 110 transfusions in their young lives.
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Blood Donations Saved a Mother's Life

Just a year and a half after a frightening medical crisis during childbirth nearly took her life (and required 250 units of blood to save her life), Lauren Larsen successfully completed the 26.2 mile New York City Marathon on 11/3/01 with her husband Jeff!

Like four-and-a-half million other Americans, Lauren would not be here without life-saving blood transfusions. Just hours after an emergency C-section to save the life of her daughter Clare, Lauren's liver and kidneys failed and she slipped into a severe coma.
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Christine Douglass' Story

Often, when people are asked to donate blood, they decline, saying, "Well, if I ever need it then I will give." People don't realize that if you need blood, you usually need it right away.

Christine Douglass believed in donating blood for the opposite reason, "I thought it was important to help others, and I also always wondered what if I ever need it?"

Christine's question was answered on April 7, 2005.
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