Like approximately 10,000 New Yorkers, Stacey Sottile lives with sickle cell disease, an inherited red cell disorder that is most common among African Americans.
NEW YORK CITY --held the reunion on Valentine's Day.Like approximately 10,000 New Yorkers, Stacey lives with sickle cell disease, an inherited red cell disorder that is most common among African Americans.
"It's just overwhelming just to receive blood all of these years, I never imagined meeting a donor," she said."Hearing Stacey's story was really heartwarming, it's continuous motivation," said blood donor Jason Li."It really puts in perspective, all the good everyone is doing, I'm just one little part and I'm glad to be a part of something so huge and something like this really gets the message out, it's really important," Steiner said.
Sickle cell disease patients rely on blood transfusions to stay healthy, often needing them every few weeks and requiring very closely matched blood products because their bodies make antibodies directed towards transfused red blood cells. These blood products can often only be found in donors with the same racial or ethnic heritage, making donations from people of color particularly important.
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