# @americanredcross on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DRxu1-jDBFN
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/72588078-americanredcross-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-12-02T22:00:34.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** American Red Cross (@americanredcross) — https://gondola.cc/americanredcross

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In 2013, when Jamie Ohl Turner was 22 years old, life took an unexpected turn. After spending a long weekend visiting friends, she began a familiar drive back to Washington State University. The stretch of highway is one she’d driven many times before, but on that day, fatigue set in, and everything changed in an instant.

Jamie drifted off behind the wheel, lost control of her car, and rolled seven times down a 30-foot embankment. She was trapped inside the wreckage with severe injuries and fading consciousness.

After emergency responders pulled her from her car, she was airlifted to the hospital, coding several times along the way. Her injuries were extensive — damage to her shoulder, knee, back, wrists, and internal organs — and her recovery was long and uncertain.

“I spent over a week in intensive care, a month in recovery, and then another week in rehab before finally going home,” Jamie said. “Even then, it took three months in a wheelchair and two years of follow-up appointments before I fully recovered.”

Throughout her fight to survive, Jamie received 11 blood transfusions.

“At one point, I had more of other people’s blood than my own,” she said. “Without those donors — regular people who took a few minutes out of their day to give — I wouldn’t be here today.”

Now, more than a decade later, Jamie has made a remarkable recovery. She finished school, got married, and is now giving back to her community, remaining deeply grateful to those who donate blood.

“It’s easy to think that one donation doesn’t make much of a difference. But I’m living proof that it absolutely does. If my story inspires even one person to donate, then it’s worth sharing. Because you never know whose life you might be saving.”

Medical emergencies like Jamie’s don’t take holidays. This GivingTuesday, make a lifesaving gift for patients in need — your donation can provide hope and healing when it matters most. Make an appointment to give blood through the link in our bio. #GivingTuesday #GiveWithMeaning

#DonateBlood #GiveBlood #BloodDonor #DonateBloodSaveLives #GiveBloodSaveLives

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