Blood drive to honor Union City girl who underwent about 50 blood transfusions this summer

Azlind Davis spent much of her summer vacation undergoing blood transfusions at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.

The 13-year-old Union City girl received about 50 pints of blood as she battled a rare, life-threatening disease less than a year after she successfully fought Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

“Her body was killing her red blood cells faster than she could make them,” said Pamela Spruiell, Davis’ grandmother. “She was getting a blood transfusion every day for a month, then every other day, then every third day.”…

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