THE HOSPITAL BUT ARE EXPECTED TO BE OKAY. POLICE DID EVALUATE THE MAN FOR DRIVING WHILE
INTOXICATED.
>> WELL, THERE’S A CONSTANT
NEED FOR BLOOD DONATIONS IN AND
AROUND OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE
SEEN SO MANY PEOPLE STEP UP
AND HELP OUT, BUT STILL.
>> THAT NEED PERSISTS. NASA
JOINING US IN TODAY’S LEADING
SA SEGMENT IS ROGER RUIZ WITH
THE SOUTH TEXAS BLOOD AND
TISSUE CENTER. GOOD MORNING,
ROGER. ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO
HAVE YOU ON
OUR SHOW.
>> WE SEE GOOD AT IS TO SEE
SARAH AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
DONATIONS IN THE PAST AND I
THINK OUR DO FOR YOU AS AN YES,
I KNOW. I THANK YOU, ROGER,
THE BLOOD DONATIONS. WHAT IS
THE CURRENT BLOOD SUPPLY HERE
LOCALLY? AND WHAT IS THAT NEEDS
TO LOOK LIKE?
YEAH, DEFINITELY. SO THIS
MORNING WHEN IT TOOK A LOOK, WE
PROBABLY ARE AT A THREE-DAY
SUPPLY HERE. LOCALLY OF ALL
BLOOD TYPES. WE PROBABLY HAVE A
DAY AND A HALF RIGHT ALL THAT
IS GREAT AND IT’S MOVING IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION. BUT BECAUSE
THERE’S TIMES WHEN WE’VE SEEN
IT WHERE IT’S LESS THAN A DAY.
>> BUT STILL SHORT OF THE 6
DAYS THAT WE STRIVE FOR FOR A
COMMUNITY, OUR SIZE FOR AN AREA
THAT WE COVER. SO THE NEED IS
STILL THERE. WE STILL NEED
PEOPLE TO COME IN, ESPECIALLY
AS WE APPROACH THE HOLIDAYS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE’RE GOING TO
SEE A DECLINE IN AND DONATIONS
AS AS SCHOOLS ARE ON BREAK IN
OUR FREQUENT DONORS ARE ON
VACATION, WHICH SUPPLY ABOUT 30
TO 35% OF OUR BLOOD AND THESE
HIGH SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
SO SEEN THIS AFTER THE SHOW.
PLEASE MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO
COME IN AND DONATE AT ANY OF
OUR SITES. THERE’S 9 LOCATIONS
TO DONATE HUNDREDS OF OF
MOBILES THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT
THE MONTH THAT YOU CAN DONATE
AS WELL. SO IF YOU HAVE AN HOUR
YOUR TIME, COME IN AND SAVE
SOME LIVES.
>> ABSOLUTELY, ROGER. AND AS
YOU SAID, BOTH MAXON I HAVE
DONATED. WE KNOW THE PROCESS.
IT’S VERY EASY. SUPER
COMFORTABLE ACTUALLY PRETTY
RELAXING. SO WHEN SOMEONE DOES
DONATE, WHERE DOES THE BLOOD
GO AND HOW IS IT USED?
DEFINITELY SO.
>> WE COVER A BIG AREA HERE
IN SOUTH TEXAS WHERE 40
COUNTIES OVER 100 HOSPITALS AND
CLINICS THAT WE SERVE AND 30%
OF THE BLOOD THAT IS DONATED
ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT OVER 30%
GOES TO ACTUALLY CANCER PATIENT
CANCER IN THAT AREA. AND THAT’S
BECAUSE THEY NEED MULTIPLE
UNITS TO KEEP THEIR LEAD LEVELS
HIGH ENOUGH. THEY’RE PLAYING
THAT LEVELS. COUNT HIGH, COUNT
HIGH ENOUGH.
>> TO CONTINUE THEIR TREATMENT,
EITHER RADIATION AND
CHEMOTHERAPY. AND SO WE KNOW A
LOT OF THAT BIG PORTION GOES TO
CANCER PATIENTS, BUT ALSO
>> PEOPLE WITH DISORDERS BUT
DISORDERS, LIKE SICKLE CELL
ANEMIA, PEOPLE WHO ARE
PREMATURE BABIES WHO
NEED HELP MOTHERS WHO READ WHO
ARE JUST DELIVERING IN HAVING
COMPLICATIONS LIST GOES ON AND
ON AND WHO NEEDS A SO THAT’S
KIND OF A JUST AND THAT SHOWED
WHO NEEDS WHO NEEDS BLOOD AND
WHERE YOUR IS GOING WITHIN
THOSE 48 COUNTIES OR 100
HOSPITALS AND CLINICS THAT WE
SERVE.
>> ROD, YOU BROUGHT UP CANCER.
THE BIG LOVE CANCER CARE EVENT
IS ONGOING RIGHT NOW. SO TELL
US ABOUT THE EVENT AND HOW DOES
THAT HELP THE COMMUNITY?
>> DEFINITELY. SO A BIG LOVE
REACHED OUT TO A BIG LOVE
CANCER CARE REACHED OUT TO US
AND SAID, HEY, WE WANT TO
PARTNER WITH YOU TO SEE HOW WE
COULD NOT ONLY IMPACT BLOOD
DONATIONS BUT HELP CANCER
PEDIATRIC CANCER PATIENTS AND
IN OUR AREA. AND WE SAID, YEAH,
DEFINITELY. SO WHAT WHAT WE’VE
DONE IS WE’RE MAKING DONOR.
WE’RE LETTING DONORS THAT WILL
IMPACT MAKE A DOUBLE IMPACT IN
THE COMMUNITY BY NOT ONLY DON’T
EVEN LIVE IN SAVING LIVES, BUT
ALSO WHEN YOU YOU ALSO RECEIVE
POINTS ARE WHAT WE CALL DONOR
REWARDS. AND THOUGH DON’T
REWARD YOU, CAN THAT GO BACK
INTO THE DOLLAR STORE THERE IN
SOUTH TEXAS, BUNT? THERE ARE
SUBJECTS OF THE THAT OR AND
DONATE THOSE POINTS BACK TO
BIG LOVE CANCER CARE WHERE THEY
ARE GOING TO HAVE AN EVENT THIS
DECEMBER WHERE THEY’RE GOING TO
BE GIVING AWAY TOYS, TOO.
THESE PEDIATRIC CANCER
PATIENTS. I WE KNEW WE WANTED
TO DO THIS BECAUSE WE KNOW
PEOPLE ARE MAYBE FINANCIALLY
READY SUPPORT AND THE COMMUNITY
THIS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.
SO THIS IS A GREAT WAY, NOT
ONLY IMPACT SAVING LIVES, BUT
PUTTING A GIANT SMILE ON
PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WHO ARE
DEALING WITH CANCER. WE’RE
GOING THROUGH SOME DARK AND AND
THIS DEFINITELY WILL
HELP THEM. AND RAJ IT, YOU
KNOW, YOU KNOW, I’VE TALKED
ABOUT SOME OF THESE PEDIATRIC
CANCER PATIENTS WHO TELL US AND
TELL OUR VIEWERS ABOUT SOME OF
THE ONES THAT YOU’VE MET, WHO
ARE GOING THROUGH SOME OF THESE
DARK TIMES AND
>> HOW THE BLOOD DONATIONS ARE
HELPING THEM AND HELPING THEIR
FAMILIES.
>> DEFINITELY. AND KSAT HAS
HAS FEATURED SOME OF THOSE
PATIENTS. WE WE KNOW LITTLE
3 YEAR-OLD AMY WHO HAS BEEN ON
YOUR SHOW PLENTY OF TIMES.
BUT YESTERDAY THE PRIVILEGE OF
ONE OF THESE THESE A PEDIATRIC
CASES JERRY, A SMART LITTLE
12 YEAR-OLD BOY WHO WHEN WHEN
YOU FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS
PROGRAM, DEFINITELY WANTED TO
BE AN AMBASSADOR FOR AN END.
IF YOU GO TO OUR FACEBOOK OR
ANY OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA, HE’S ON
THERE NOW MAKING THE POINT
THAT, HEY, DURING THESE DARK
TIMES FOR US
>> WE.
>> ONE SMALL TOY LIKE THIS
MEANS THAT A MILLION DOLLARS
HOW HE PLACED IT, PUT IT AND
HE’S DOING GREAT. HE WAS.
HE DID A TOUR WITH ME
YESTERDAY. HE WANTED TO FIND
OUT HOW LOVE WORKS. HOW WHAT
WAS THE PROCESS ONCE IT
DONATED? HOW DID THEY GET TO
HIM? SO WE WENT THROUGH IS THAT
HE’S A GREAT KID. BUT YEAH,
THEY THEY NEED THOSE BLOOD
DONATIONS TO CONTINUE TO TO
FIGHT THE TO GO THROUGH THEIR
TREATMENT OF OF WITH CANCER,
GETTING CHEMOTHERAPY, RADIATION
AND BLOOD HELPS THEM BOOSTER
SOW COW BACK UP. SO THE
CONTINUE DO NOT HAVE TO WAIT
FOR TREATMENT. AND SO THIS
HELPS THEM GREATLY. 30% OF OUR
BLOOD GOES TO THESE PATIENTS.
AND THAT’S WHY IT’S SO
IMPORTANT THAT YOU CONTINUE TO
DONATE BLOOD ON A PLANE.
IT’S WE NEED. WE NEED BOTH.
ABSOLUTELY.
>> I MEAN, NO ONE REALLY CAN
SAY NO TO THAT SMILING FACES
GOT A SMILING AND BEING BRAVE
AS HE’S GOING THROUGH THAT
TREATMENT. SO ANYONE CAN DO
WANTS TO DONATE, CAN DO SO BY