Blood Drive to Benefit Ailing Child

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SANTA FE SPRINGS - Every two weeks, Marisol Quintero sees the gift of life literally drip into her son's veins as he receives a blood transfusion.

Born with Diamond Blackfan anemia, a disease in which the body's bone marrow produces little or no red blood cells, 6-year-old John Paul Quintero needs the transfusions he receives at UCLA Medical Center to stay alive. Red blood cells carry oxygen throughout the body.

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Blood Drive to Benefit Ailing Child

"Without the transfusions," Quintero said over the phone last week, "John Paul literally wouldn't be here."

From 8 a.m. to 3 p....

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