Hundreds of Blood Donors Save the Life of Local 3-Year-Old Girl
Corrine B. of Northeast, MD was only two years old when she contracted mononucleosis. The illness quickly turned into a rare blood disorder called HLH (Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis), which often affects infants and young children.
Corrine needed about 140 units of red cells, platelets and plasma throughout her chemotherapy treatment to survive.
"Doctors at A.I. duPont (Hospital for Children) told us three nights in a row that Corrine may not make it," said her father, Scott B. of Northeast, Maryland.
Scott, 34, had been a loyal whole blood donor and a member of Blood Bank of Delmarva since he was 18, but he never knew blood donations would one day affect his own child.
"I know now how important blood donations and platelet donations really are," he said. "They saved my daughter's life- there's no doubt about that."
