The Giving Tree Celebrates Lifesaving Donor Heroes
December 7, 2022
South Texas Blood & Tissue honors tissue donors and encourages Texans to sign up and save lives In its eighth year, South Texas Blood &
South Texas Blood & Tissue honors tissue donors and encourages Texans to sign up and save lives In its eighth year, South Texas Blood &
William celebrated 11 months of being cancer free. The very next day, doctors informed him that his cancer came back.
One afternoon in August 2022, Luke told his mother he wasn’t feeling well. As his mom, Christina, was getting ready to take him to the doctor, he collapsed at home.
Holidays…they are supposed to make us think of words like “thankful,” “merry” or this one, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” However, for us, the holidays are a painful reminder of a loved one’s absence.
South Texas Blood & Tissue will be hosting an altar in memory of tissue donors and loved ones at Muertos Fest 2022.
A beloved teacher, collector, husband and friend, John Grosskopf left a lasting impact on countless students and the community around him when he passed away in July 2020.
South Texas Blood & Tissue and blood centers across the world have partnered with Who is Hussain to increase blood donations and awareness through this global, one-day event.
When talking to parents in labor and delivery, Arizbe said she often tells them about her dad to illustrate how much birth tissue donations can help people.
Cancer treatments and cancer itself can lead patients to require blood and platelet transfusions to save their lives.
National Minority Donor Awareness Month is focused on providing education, encouraging donor registration, and sharing inspiring stories of those who have given and received the gift of life through organ, eye, and tissue donation.
The grief journey is both individual, like the grief after a loved one has died, and collective.
He shared his life through his YouTube channel, The PractioNERD. After passing away at 35, he shared his tissue and corneas with patients who needed them by being a registered organ, eye, and tissue donor.