I was in a severe car wreck. My son was driving and somebody ran us off the road. They never even stopped. We hit trees head-on on my side. My airbag did not deploy. I was declared dead at the scene. Lifesaver came for my daughter and got my heart... Read 

When I was born with an unacceptable blood type, I needed an emergency replacement. I became jaundise and would soon have died. If someone had not given blood so that it was ready for me, I would not be here and that was over 50 years ago. The only... Read 

I was scheduled to have knee surgery, but I was severely anemic, and could not get my blood level up to where it needed to be. I went in for the surgery anyway, and I had also been taking blood thinners, so I started to bleed and ended up needing 2... Read 

In 1966 I got my right arm cut 4" from the wrist. I was cut to the bone, all artery, nerves,tendons were cut. I was 15 and bleeding to death. I had fallen on a broken soda bottle in a field we played ball and stuff in. A neighbor (a retired Army CSM)... Read 

At the end of Sept. '09, I came home from work not feeling well. I thought I had the flu and even though I was feeling better the next morning, I went to the doctor just to make sure. The nurse practitioner told me it probably was the flu, but she... Read