8-year-old Lucy, fondly known as “Lucy Goose” in her neighborhood, was always on the run and full of energy — until she began developing intermittent fevers that wouldn’t go away. “She was very pale and really, really tired,” said Chrissy, Lucy’s mother. Lucy was diagnosed with leukemia and immediately began chemotherapy. She’s still being treated, and blood transfusions have helped her continue this fight against cancer. “While Lucy’s cancer was gone after the first month of treatment, she has chemo constantly,” Chrissy said. “The medicine goes for years, and it’s all the medicine that really makes kids need blood transfusions. “She’s been at it for over a year now and she still has two more years to go. I don’t know what it would be like if the nurses said Lucy needed a transfusion, but we didn’t know how to get it. That would be really scary. Luckily, whenever Lucy’s needed blood, it was there.” Lucy’s father, Ivan, works for RedCrossNNE and has spent the last six years of his ...