Melvin Williams remembers vividly how distressed a former co-worker was when she approached him, in 1985, to donate blood on behalf of her sister, who was in hospital preparing for surgery. As he became aware of her many unsuccessful attempts to find a donor, he consented without hesitation. “The situation
A father of seven children is asking Coloradans to give blood after blood donations saved his life. Jacob Adamo, 36, is suffering from total liver and kidney failure, said his wife Sarah. In emergency treatment at the University of Colorado Hospital, Jacob has undergone four surgeries in six days and
A special blood drive held Tuesday in Burnsville helped one man pay it forward. Two years ago, while riding his bicycle home from work at MHC Software, Bryan Joas was involved in a hit-and-run accident south of Lakeville. He was critically hurt, spending almost three months in the hospital and
Randall Pritchett hit a major milestone earlier this month. The 71-year-old Gresham resident donated his 1,000th platelet unit to the American Red Cross Portland Blood Donation Center — an amount that is rarely achieved. Although those donations have saved thousands of lives, it’s never been about the accolades for Pritchett.
39-year-old Juneid Asmal has a passion for donating his precious blood. On Monday afternoon, Juneid made his 10th blood donation at the Ladysmith Blood Donor Clinic. He travels all the way from Bergville to Ladysmith to have a needle stuck in his arm. Read Full Article
