100 and thirty-eight folks signed up for the American Crimson Cross blood drive in London Hamilton’s honor Thursday at Madison Complete Excessive Faculty gymnasium.
The Nationwide Honor Society at Madison Complete Excessive Faculty sponsored the blood drive.
The Madison South Elementary Faculty fourth-grader has been battling a uncommon bone most cancers referred to as Ewing sarcoma. She simply completed present process chemotherapy and surgical procedure to take away her most cancers. She is now dwelling however is predicted to return to Akron Kids’s Hospital to ring the (most cancers free) bell quickly, her mom stated.
London, 10, stopped by the blood drive after 11 a.m. in the highschool gymnasium, seated in a wheelchair, surrounded by her mom Carley Hamilton, her grandmother, grandfather, an aunt and many supporters.
Madison colleges bus driver Pam Hoffman got here to see London and to offer blood.
“I can not wait to see her get again on the college bus. I miss her quite a bit,” she stated.
London was recognized with Ewing sarcoma in December 2022. Her tumor was wrapped round her proper eleventh rib.
Her mom Carley stated London is all executed with chemotherapy and had her final therapy on the finish of January.
London has had a complete of 64 blood transfusions, her mom stated. London is struggling proper now as chemo actually weakened her immune system.
“This final hospital go to she had norovirus. She additionally developed a yeast an infection in her blood stream,” she stated.
London might want to have remedy to have the ability to stroll once more.
“She’s proven everyone how sturdy she is,” her mom stated.
London has been capable of do schoolwork however not for the previous few weeks when she hadn’t felt good, her mom stated. “If we’re dwelling, the academics truly come to the home,” Carley stated.
She stated her daughter’s blood collections are down however she is most cancers free.
Tracey Burden, a math trainer and Nationwide Honor Society advisor at the highschool, was giving blood whereas on responsibility with the blood drive from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday. Her NHS college students have been working the blood drive and registering folks on the entrance to the gymnasium.
It was the Nationwide Honor Society’s third blood drive this 12 months, the latest was held in January.
“We usually do two drives every faculty 12 months,” Burden stated.
“She’s been within the hospital lately for 10 days and simply received dwelling this week. She’s had 64 blood transfusions and there have been instances when she was within the hospital and wanted the blood and it wasn’t there they usually needed to wait on it,” Burden stated.
Rosemarie Simmons, account supervisor of the American Crimson Cross, thanked Burden and her college students for his or her fabulous work with the blood drive.
“We’ve collected our lowest quantity of blood previously 20 years,” Simmons stated of the American Crimson Cross. “We’d like folks to donate on a regular basis. Even when each citizen would donate only one time a 12 months that might assist hold the blood provide. Folks do not understand like sufferers like London, they want lots of items.”
Simmons stated the Madison colleges’ drive would web 100 items of blood.
The American Crimson Cross employees members have been busy, as folks got here to offer blood.
Harry Baker of Mansfield stated whereas he did not know London, he wished to assist her and so he got here to the blood drive Thursday morning.
“The priest final night time at Ash Wednesday service at St. Peter’s Church stated we must always do good issues for folks,” he added.
Chloe Nelson, who’s a senior at Madison Complete Excessive Faculty, attending Ashland College within the School Credit score Plus program and finding out nursing, got here to offer blood in London’s honor.
Nelson waited for her flip to speak to the Crimson Cross employees and realized quickly after she was not capable of give blood in spite of everything as she is anemic and didn’t meet the load requirement. She stated she would give blood one other time.
Max Miller of Bucyrus of the Crimson Cross stated the blood drive was busy and even had just a few walk-ins.
London has been formally accepted to Make-A-Want, her mom posted lately on Fb. London desires to go to Hawaii like within the film, “Moana,” to swim with the dolphins and naturally meet her favourite writer Dav Pilkey.
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