# @americanredcross on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C17rAByOcw5
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/72591293-americanredcross-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-01-10T20:00:18.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** American Red Cross (@americanredcross) — https://gondola.cc/americanredcross

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“Within an hour of being at the hospital, I went from having just a sick child to a child who they thought had cancer.”

When Laura James’ 4-year-old daughter, Haven, suddenly developed a high fever and elevated heart rate while on a family trip, she brought her to a local hospital. Haven was admitted to the children’s oncology unit due to dangerously low hemoglobin and was diagnosed with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia the next day.

Haven was immediately given multiple blood transfusions to help bring up her hemoglobin level and was transported to a hospital in Chicago where she underwent chemotherapy for 26 months. Throughout her treatment, she continued to receive blood and platelet transfusions.

“It was really important that she got those transfusions in order to help her to continue to effectively fight cancer and ultimately win the battle,” Laura said.

Haven is now 7 years old and has been in remission since June. 💛 Laura, who was already a blood donor and blood drive organizer before Haven’s diagnosis, continues to give and host blood drives in her honor.

“You never know when it is going to be your family. I never ever would have thought in a million years that I would have a daughter diagnosed with leukemia, but unfortunately, that became our reality.”

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