Thursday, January 25, 2007
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Elk Grove Man Tries to Donate 400 Pints of Blood by 40th Birthday
An Elk Grove man is trying to help the community by getting friends and family to donate 400 pints of blood before his 40th birthday.
Tim Murphy started the Murphy 400 to give back to his community. He decided to help BloodSource because it helped him in his life.
It was about 10 years ago when his son was diagnosed with Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia shortly after he was born. It is a condition in which the baby’s blood platelets have a specific antigen or toxin, and the mother’s antibodies react negatively, destroying the baby’s platelets. Declan required multiple platelet transfusions after he was born but with them, he was in the clear.
The situation was worse for Murphy's second son, Jack, since the risks posed by NAT increase exponentially. But with the two in utero platelet transfusions Jack was born safely.
Declan and Jack both received the specific platelets they needed from BloodSource provided by the same donor both times. So now Murphy wants to give something back to BloodSource.
By the time he turns 40 on May 22 he wants to get friends, family and colleagues to donate 400 pints of blood. To track his goal, BloodSource established the Murphy 400 Fund.
As of January 25 he has collected 301 pints of blood. Anyone who would like find out more and how to donate to the cause can go to the Murphy 400 Fund Web site.
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Elk Grove Man Tries to Donate 400 Pints of Blood by 40th Birthday
An Elk Grove man is trying to help the community by getting friends and family to donate 400 pints of blood before his 40th birthday.
Tim Murphy started the Murphy 400 to give back to his community. He decided to help BloodSource because it helped him in his life.
It was about 10 years ago when his son was diagnosed with Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia shortly after he was born. It is a condition in which the baby’s blood platelets have a specific antigen or toxin, and the mother’s antibodies react negatively, destroying the baby’s platelets. Declan required multiple platelet transfusions after he was born but with them, he was in the clear.
The situation was worse for Murphy's second son, Jack, since the risks posed by NAT increase exponentially. But with the two in utero platelet transfusions Jack was born safely.
Declan and Jack both received the specific platelets they needed from BloodSource provided by the same donor both times. So now Murphy wants to give something back to BloodSource.
By the time he turns 40 on May 22 he wants to get friends, family and colleagues to donate 400 pints of blood. To track his goal, BloodSource established the Murphy 400 Fund.
As of January 25 he has collected 301 pints of blood. Anyone who would like find out more and how to donate to the cause can go to the Murphy 400 Fund Web site.
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