Many of us are scrambling to find the perfect Mother's Day gift, but what if there was a present that could truly save a life? Dr. Marci Peralta, a Colorado doctor of obstetrics and gynecology, knows firsthand the power of a single blood donation, and is hoping you can appreciate, too.Every Mother's Day is a celebration of life for Peralta, thanks to the generosity of strangers.
Peralta suffered a massive hemorrhage from an amniotic fluid embolism, a condition that can be fatal without immediate blood transfusions. Fortunately, the hospital had recently become a trauma center and was stocking a larger blood bank.'I actually used all the blood in the blood bank for the hospital for that day,' Peralta said. That amounted to 30 units, enough to completely replace her blood volume two-and-a-half times.