# @americanredcross on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-09-03T21:00:47.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** American Red Cross (@americanredcross) — https://gondola.cc/americanredcross

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Jasmine and Jordan Davis were both born with sickle cell disease. As children, they endured painful sickle cell crises and frequent hospital visits, often relying on blood transfusions and red cell exchanges to ease their symptoms.

In 2019, both siblings became eligible for bone marrow transplants — a procedure that would replace their bone marrow producing sickle cells with bone marrow producing healthy red blood cells and cure their sickle cell disease.

Jasmine received stem cells from her mother, and Jordan from his father. Blood and platelet transfusions played a critical role in supporting their bodies through the intense treatment and recovery.

“Before the transplant, I had appointments with different specialists to make sure my body and systems could tolerate the transplant,” Jasmine said. “I had four kinds of chemotherapy and full body radiation to kill off the bad bone marrow and get me ready for the transplant. I was in the hospital for a month and a half. It took a while for my bone marrow to start producing good red blood cells on its own. During that time, I still needed platelet donations because they got too low and could have caused bleeding.”

Jasmine is now six years post-transplant, working and thriving. Jordan is in nursing school, inspired by the care he received during his own transplant.

“When I was a kid, I was in the hospital with pain crises more than Jasmine, so I spent a lot of time around nurses,” Jordan said. “I never saw any male nurses, especially Black male nurses. One of them told me I might want to consider nursing. It was very inspirational.”

Thanks to blood, platelet and stem cell donors — and the care of their family and medical teams — Jasmine and Jordan are now cured of sickle cell disease.

You could be a lifesaving match for someone with sickle cell disease and make a difference in their quality of life. Make an appointment to give blood by tapping on the link in our bio. #TeamUp4SickleCell

#DonateBlood #GiveBlood #DonateBloodSaveLives #GiveBloodSaveLives #SickleCellDisease #SickleCell #SickleCellAwareness #SickleCellWarrior

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