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Anna and her family started hosting mobile blood drives at the family business, Coyote Creek, as they thought this would be a good way to…
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“It’s easy to want to highlight the positive stories, but unfortunately those outcomes are not always the case,” said Crystal Eide. In 2014, the Eide…
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In January of 2023, Wes went into cardiac arrest while at home. Through the quick action of his wife and emergency responders, he was kept…
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Brigitte’s daughter, Caelis, was born premature and spent her first four months in the NICU. During that time, she underwent heart duct surgery, suffered from…
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After having her daughter at Mayo Clinic in 1976, Linda Olson felt different than she did after having her first child. “I was in recovery…
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Friends Alyssa and Allison called it the “dine and donate double date.” The two friends, along with their partners Rudi and Jay, made donating blood…
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On Christian Schrom’s 16th birthday, he donated blood for the first time. He wanted to donate with his dad and grandma, who had a longstanding…
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Kaylee’s blood donation journey started long before she even realized it. As someone who was at first too fearful to donate, Kaylee did her part…
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Seventeen years ago, blood products became an integral part of the Böettner family’s lives when their son Asher was born at 25 weeks, weighing just…
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Carter was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in October of 2015 at the age of 7. “Carter is a fighter,” Sergeant Chad Blanchette, Carter’s father,…
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On April 21, 2022, in the midst of his fight against a rare form of Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Wes Nigon updated his Caring Bridge page. “Today…
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It is difficult to process any loss, especially the loss of a child. “He had fire red hair and it was curly. He had these…
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Michael Miller was a busy 28-year-old with a heart of gold and full of kindness. He was holding down two jobs when he went to…
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In 2021, Dan Doering and his son were mountain biking in Northern Minnesota when Dan misjudged a curve and collided with a tree. Prior to…
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“I was hit by a car going nearly 60 miles per hour,” said Joseph Hoeft, a blood recipient from within the Rochester area. Joseph was…
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When Tayegan was 9 years old, his routine checkup was met with an unexpected result. His white blood cell, red blood cell, and platelet levels…
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In 2011, 14-year-old Will was featured in the Mayo Clinic Blood Donor Center calendar, as he received frequent platelet transfusions in his fight against cancer.…
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February is Rare Disease Month, which helps raise awareness of the 30 million people in the U.S. who have a rare disease, like the blood…
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Mayo Clinic’s hospitals became the first in the country to carry packed red blood cells on its helicopters in 1988. In 2009, Mayo Clinic added…
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Nearly 50 years ago, in 1973, Paul Henke started at Mayo Clinic in General Services. One of his many duties was the early morning “blood…