CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 Young patients at Driscoll Children’s Hospital were reunited with the blood donors who gave them the gift of life at an event called “Thank the Donor.”<\/p>\n
When those donors gave their blood, they had no idea who was receiving it. The same was true for the young patients \u2014 they didn’t know where their transfusion originated.<\/p>\n
Meeting face to face underscores just how important it is to donate blood.<\/p>\n
Brenda Gallardo, who met her son’s donors, said:<\/p>\n
“It was really sweet. It’s a really different experience. We’ve never experienced anything like this before. He was really excited, since we told him, since we were told about the event, he was really to come and meet the person that, you know, donated and helped him feel a lot better.”<\/p>\n
Blood donations don’t just save the lives of these children \u2014 they also make it possible for them to just be kids.<\/p>\n
A blood drive was also held as part of the “Thank the Donor” event.<\/p>\n
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