PAUL, Minn. "I just hoped for another Christmas with her," remembers her mother Jennifer Ellis. Within a few months Maddie got healthier and back to school. She went back to playing lacrosse again, something she loved before she was sick. She even got...

Minn. "I just hoped for another Christmas with her," remembers her mother Jennifer Ellis. Within a few months Maddie got healthier and back to school. She went back to playing lacrosse again, something she loved before she was sick. She even got brand...

Approximately 90 percent of people with Fanconi anemia have impaired bone marrow function that leads to a decrease in the production of all blood cells (aplastic anemia). Affected individuals experience extreme tiredness (fatigue) due to low numbers of...

It can be defined as a condition of the bone marrow. In this case it stops producing enough platelets and red blood cells. The blood cells that are produced are normal, just that there aren’t enough of them. There are different kinds of conditions,...

Little did Luke know, his health was in jeopardy. In the days ahead, Luke became fatigued; shortly thereafter, a 2-hour nose bleed turned into a trip to the emergency room. After a series of blood work and a bone marrow biopsy, Gane was diagnosed with...

This is the second year in a row that the Broncs have organized a blood drive for Jiada Grace Ortiz, a four-year old Rio Grande Valley resident who was diagnosed with a rare bone marrow disease known as Aplastic Anemia. The illness occurs when bone...