In September 2020, Stephanie and her husband found out they were expecting their second child. What should have been an exciting time for their family, quickly turned frightening as Stephanie began developing numbness in her feet and legs.

What began as a strange tingling sensation in one leg quickly progressed to numbness and weakness in both and even his arms. It took 3 neurologists and more than a year of tests to finally diagnose him with a rare neurological disorder that targets the body’s nerves.

Why should we donate plasma? Who needs plasma donations? Harley works at a plasma donation center and helps those who come in to donate understand how the process works and how their plasma is helping others.

Brenda was fearful she wouldn’t be around to see her two sons grow up. Her plasma protein therapy turned a grim future into one of hope and gives her the opportunity to live a normal life as wife and mother.

Brian was a regular runner but two days after running five miles, he could no longer walk. In the emergency room, he found out he had a rare immune disorder and could have ended up on a ventilator, but a single round of immunoglobulin helped him recover.

Amber started with a goal of donating plasma 10 times — which was the number of plasma treatments her late mother received to help combat a rare auto-immune disease. When she learned treatments actually take hundreds, sometimes thousands of donations, she decided to keep on giving. 

Polly spent her 12th birthday at the hospital, paralyzed from the shoulders down. A plasma protein therapy helped her fight a rare neurological disorder and got her back on her feet.

Becky is afraid of needles and can’t stand the sight of blood, but that hasn’t stopped her from donating plasma twice a week for nearly six years — because she realizes how important treatments made from plasma are.

Dr. Mark Ballow believes plasma is a precious, lifesaving commodity. Every day, he witnesses stunning progress in his patients because of treatments made using plasma proteins that can only come from donors.

After 33 years of living infection to infection, Terry was diagnosed with an immune deficiency that prevented his body from making antibodies. Without his plasma protein treatments, Terry believes he would not be alive today.

Michelle’s immune disorder prevents her blood from clotting normally, resulting in excessive bruising and internal bleeding. Her plasma protein therapy helps her manage the illness so she can care for her young son.

Chris and his daughter Allyson both have an inherited bleeding disorder that prevents their blood from clotting properly. The treatments that have been helping him, are now helping his daughter live a good life.

Sam has been dealing with a chronic neurological disorder that can cause numbness, weakness and pain since he was 10. Now 18, his therapy lets him to go to school and even fulfill his dream of marching in the school band.

When Jennifer first became pregnant, she learned that she was Rh-negative — and that her body would produce antibodies against any future pregnancies without plasma treatment. Now she donates as a way of paying it forward.