GLEN ROCK The family of 7-year-old leukemia patient Luke Schwendeman is asking the public to donate blood and platelets for him through the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Luke was diagnosed with leukemia recently.
Mia Stoutenborough is playing the waiting game. The 17-year-old Newbury Park resident is suffering from severe aplastic anemia - a rare disease in which the bone marrow stops producing enough red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets.
Greg Stewart's Monday mornings are spent not in court but at Siteman Cancer Center. Nurses check his blood counts and give him a transfusion of blood or platelets. The transfusion perks him up. But by Thursday, when he makes his fourth night court appearance, Stewart is exhausted and moves like a man much older than his 46 years.
Vijay Viswanathan is hoping for the day when computer-generated simulations of the mechanics of blood platelets will replace peering through a microscope. You have to use microscopes that cost millions of dollars," the 17-year-old Upper St. Clair High School senior said on Friday. "With simulations, you get better results without spending a dime.
The Long Island Blood Services, a division of the New York Blood Center, is asking the community to give blood or platelets this holiday season. According to the not-for-profit organization, excessive holiday travel increases the potential for accidents - yet, traditionally, fewer blood donations are given during the season. Sometime, severe blood shortages occur as well.
Twenty years ago Steve Mirkin donated blood platelets toward the surgical recovery of his daughter and discovered a universal spirit of giving. Since then he has acted on the need to respond to that spirit by sharing a part of himself on a regular basis to save the lives of children. Every three weeks the robust 55-year-old drives from his workplace in Carson to Children's Hospital in Los Angeles to allow blood to be drawn from a vein. Platelets, the substance required to stop bleeding, are removed from his blood and the blood returned to his body.
I dont do needles. Giving blood doesnt help that much. Someone else will give blood. I dont need to. These are common excuses people give for not donating blood. But if they would do their homework, they would find that all of these statements are false, and that the needle prick is no big deal. Donating blood, however, is a big deal. Its extremely important to hospitals and the lives the blood would save. To give blood, you must be at least 17, in good health and weigh at least 130 pounds. Make an appointment at a scheduled blood drive or the donor center in your area. (In the Charleston area, its at 4501 MacCorkle Ave. in Kanawha City.) You should get a good nights sleep, eat a healthy meal and drink lots of water before you go. Also, wear comfortable clothes and bring a picture ID. W...
WHAT'S NEW Community Blood Services will give a ShopRite gift card to donors who give blood, platelets or plasma from Dec. 26 through Dec. 31. Paramus: 970 Linwood Ave. west, Monday, Wednesday or Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday or Thursday noon to 7:30 p.m. or Saturday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lincoln Park: 63 Beaverbrook Road, Suite 304, Tuesday and Wednesday 1 to 6:30 p.m. or Saturday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Appointments required for platelet donations. 201-251-3703 or communitybloodservices.com.
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