Testimonials
Patient Testimonials: Donors Make A Difference
These heartwarming patient testimonials give you a glimpse of the impact a single blood donation can have. When you give blood, you give another birthday, another anniversary, another day at the beach, another night under the stars, another talk with a friend, another laugh, another hug, ANOTHER CHANCE! Here are some actual patient testimonies who’s lives were saved by blood donors like YOU! Find a donor center or blood drive near you and give the gift of life today!
-
Patient Spotlight: Abron Frye
7 year old Abron Frye from New Orleans loves Saints football and hopes to be a pro athlete when he grows up. Sadly, in Spring of 2021, he was diagnosed with T-cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Since then, he has received several blood transfusions as he undergoes chemotherapy. Even through the hardships of COVID-19 pandemic and Hurricane Ida, Abron’s family sends…
-
Patient Spotlight: Asher & Reed
WWLTV’s Meg Farris sat down with Asher and Reed’s family to talk about their experience last fall and how blood donors saved their lives. Asher and his twin brother Reed were born 12 weeks premature, but Asher was soon separated from his brother in the NCIU as he was flown to another hospital for a life-saving…
-
Patient Spotlight: Naja
Naja is a 16 year old cancer warrior who has been diagnosed with AML (acute myeloid leukemia), a cancer that attacks the blood and bone marrow. In 2019, Naja was declared to be in remission but unfortunately relapsed in January 2020. Unfortunately, this means more aggressive and intense chemotherapy is needed to put her back in remission. Chemotherapy…
The following are actual patient messages sent via the Thank The Donor program. All messages and media are shared with permission.
-
TDD Story 4
To the donor that gave so that a stranger could survive. Today you have saved my grandmother THANK YOU! We may never know each other but always know you saved a life!
-
TDD Story 3
“And this bracelet is just in case if you have to get a blood transfusion” the nurse said as she attached a bright red bracelet to my wrist to finalize my hospital admission to deliver our first child. ‘Surely I will not be needing any blood,’ I remember thinking to myself. After a full 24…
-
TDD Story 2
“Gracias por salvar la vida a mi hijo! nació con 23 semanas de vida y ahora necesita sangre a causa de su prematures, hoy tiene 34 semanas y la sangre lo sigue ayudando. gracias!!” Which translates to: “Thank you for saving my son’s life! He was born 23 weeks old and now needs blood because of…
-
TDD Story 1
Thank you SO MUCH for your donation of plasma. I’m a 34 year old wife and mother (currently expecting my second child) who has asthma. Covid-19 hit me hard and I was hospitalized for 5 days. It was a concerning time! I was worried for my unborn baby and was missing my husband and daughter….
