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UCHealth is hosting a blood drive to help a critically ill Windsor father who is currently fighting a rare medical condition brought on by COVID-19.
According to a press release from UCHealth, Nate Washam, 42, first contracted COVID-19 in January. A few weeks later, the virus caused him to develop hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), a life-threatening condition that impacts the immune system.
Since then, Washam has been in critical condition at the UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, where he s relying on blood transfusions from generous donors at the UCHealth Garth Englund Blood Centers.
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Friends of a Windsor father and real estate agent are organizing a blood drive Saturday to help the man, who has been hospitalized since January.
Nate Washam, 42, was originally diagnosed with COVID-19 in early January. Two weeks later his oxygen levels plummeted and he was rushed to Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland.
The father of two is now battling hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, also known as HLH, a rare condition that affects the immune system and was triggered by COVID-19.
Washam has needed nearly a dozen blood transfusions so far, blood that has been donated to and supplied by the UCHealth Garth Englund Blood Centers.