A mother's story of gratitude and giving after blood donation saved her life
B y Dan Dowling, regional communications manager “I get to be here to raise my kids and be a wife because of a random stranger that donated blood. That's powerful stuff.” Alexis Harrington experienced a severe postpartum hemorrhage after delivering her twins in November 2022. The Hooksett, New Hampshire mom, required a Jada device, designed to rapidly treat postpartum hemorrhage, to stop the bleeding and needed a blood transfusion to survive. Alexis had no expectations nor a family history of twins. When she and her husband went in for their first ultrasound, they were completely unprepared for news that Alexis was carrying two babies. From that moment on, her pregnancy shifted into high‑risk care. Alexis had weekly appointments and met regularly with a maternal fetal medicine specialist to monitor the twins. Eventually, she developed preeclampsia, a serious pregnancy-related blood pressure condition, leading to an early delivery. After giving birth to two health...
