Dear Blood Donors, Thank you with all my heart for providing life-saving blood products to my son, six times during his 12 years of life. I was reminded of how amazing your gift of life is, as I watched my son receive two blood transfusions this week. His hemoglobin had dropped dangerously low due to extensive nose bleeds. His hemoglobin was so low that his damaged heart was compromised and he experienced chest pain due to his body’s lack of blood volume and oxygen. Your donation replenished his red blood cells and allowed his heart to function again without strain. But this is not the first time you have been a hero to our family. Isaiah was diagnosed with Kawasaki disease (KD) when he was three years old. The treatment for this disease is IVIG (intravenous immunoglobulin) which is a blood product derived from the plasma of over 1000 donors. Isaiah received this treatment twice during his first hospitalization for KD and once more during his second occurrence a ...
Personal blog documenting the life of a Kawasaki disease survivor, as told by his mother.