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Your referral helps patients who need closely matched blood, including people living with sickle cell disease. Meet Porscha below to see the difference donors make.

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Helping us connect with more Ro donors can mean more compatible blood for patients who depend on transfusions over time, including those with sickle cell disease. Patients like Porscha need steady access to blood to keep living full lives. We’ll contact the person you referred to share information and help them take the next step.

Porscha Burks

Porscha Burks

There have been other treatments that come and go, but there’s still nothing as good as blood. The proof is in the pudding; I literally risked it all, but there’s nothing that’s going to treat or prevent severe sickle cell episodes quite like blood transfusions.

Porscha Burks
Sickle Cell Warrior and Blood Donation Advocate

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