Indiana – Upcoming Blood Drive to Support Boy With Severe Anemia
April 22, 2014; Posted by: WeBleed staff
Blood drive to support 4 year old with severe anemia this Saturday.
Kane Lamberson, a 4 year old living in Carmel, Indiana is in need of your help this week. Young Kane was 18 months old when diagnosed with Congenital Dyserythropoietic Anemia Type I or in layman’s terms, severe anemia – a genetic blood disease that causes problems, including a buildup of iron, which can lead to a number of life-threatening conditions. In order to survive Kane must receive blood transfusions every six weeks at the hospital. From the moment the family found out that Kane needed the transfusions to live, they have helped organize blood drives in Missouri and now in Indiana.
“He is really good at training his body – he can adjust to when his blood count is low,” Liz Lamberson told Current in Carmel. “Right after he gets a transfusion and we get home he is a ball of energy, like a normal 4-year-old should be. It is awesome to see that. When his count gets low he is laying down a lot, very relaxed and not too active. But, after it’s all ‘Let’s go play, I have the energy, let’s do it.”
The family is teaming up with the Blood Center this Saturday, April 26 for a blood drive from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Carmel and Fishers Blood Centers.
“The donations won’t go directly to him but there are other kids who need blood to live just like Kane does so this helps so there isn’t a blood shortage so a child doesn’t have to go without blood if they need it,” Liz said. “If there ever is a time where people didn’t donate blood our child could possibly die from that and I never want to have to think about that happening or put any other parent through that.”
Best of luck to Kane and his family and here’s to a successful blood drive.
Photo Credit – The Lamberson Family/Current In Carmel
