Kelvin Yu — His Second Life
Kelvin Yu thought it was just an ordinary day. He went to his job as a Project Manager at Kaiser Engineers, left his office, and set out for a lunchtime walk around Lake Merritt. He had no idea that within...
Inspiration
How Nature Has Us Seeing Red
Red is a powerful color. It symbolizes danger and courage, as well as love and happiness. It also holds a special place in our hearts (and our logo) here at SBC. The color’s link to blood and its importance accounts...
Surviving Pediatric Cancer: Drake’s Story
Pediatric cancer is not rare, despite what many may think. In fact, each year approximately 15,780 children between the ages of birth and 19 years of age are diagnosed with cancer in the United States; that’s 1 in 285 children. Around...
Transplant Patients Experience Joy and Healing at Camp Meeker
The Lucile Packard Transplant Center at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford (LPCHS) has performed more pediatric organ transplants over the last five years than any other U.S. Center, according to data from the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). With...
Donate Blood to Honor Dad This Father’s Day
Many Stanford Blood Center (SBC) donors are fathers, grandfathers or father figures. So with Father’s Day approaching, we wanted to share some of their stories and how blood donation has touched their lives. John’s daughter Paulina spent her first few...
Why I Love to Roll Up My Sleeves
By Bruce Anderson, guest blogger When I first started giving blood, I was terrified of needles and syringes and would become light-headed at the mere suggestion of them. But I had grown up in a small town where the community...
Great Reads For Blood Donors
By Dayna Kereceman Myers Whether you’re looking to cozy up to some good books to help fill the last few days of your winter vacation or keep you company on your trip home, you want to learn more about blood...
A Gift that Continues to Give: One Blood Donor’s Legacy
What is a legacy? By definition, it is a noun meaning 1. Law. a gift of property, especially personal property, as money, by will; a bequest. Or 2.anything handed down from the past, as from an ancestor or predecessor. One long-time...
How One Loving Family Beat Aplastic Anemia
Everyone has a birthday, but J’aime Tilston has two. The story behind her second, April 4, 2013, is extraordinary: it represents the first year anniversary after her bone marrow transplant, marking it an official success. It’s a birthday J’aime might...
Two Strangers Bound Together By Be The Match
Justin joined the Be the Match registry approximately 13 years ago while attending the Stanford Medicine Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) Reunion. His decision to join was a simple one, as cancer has been a significant theme in his life, and...