According to Carter BloodCare, someone needs blood every two seconds. For almost two years they were struggling to meet that need as donations dropped drastically during the pandemic. Recruitment Operations told 25 News the blood bank's supply is now almost back at pre-pandemic levels.
Blood Banks across the country are hurting. The Press Democrat reports that, due to the Delta Variant, the American Red Cross has been struggling with a half
tia and susan, both moms, both wives and both work at children s health care of atlanta. and both of their husbands were in desperate need of new kidneys. susan s husband lance. when i went to the hospital, they told me that i was in really bad kidney failure. tia s husband rodney. they did all the tests and that s when they mentioned to me that my kidneys that his kidneys were failing. a mutual friend at work would connect the two women. susan mentioned that her husband lance is o-negative. and it was like a light bulb moment went off in my head and i was thinking, i m o. and she said that she s a and my husband is a, also. the families found out they were a perfect match to help the other couple. soon after, the surgeries, the transplants a success. rodney gave me a smile and a thumb s up and that felt that