This is Carolina: Grand Strand man’s story demonstrates the power of blood donations

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) – A daunting diagnosis led a pillar of the Grand Strand community to turn to one of the nation’s best-known nonprofits for help.

Egerton and Anne Burroughs’ world turned upside down five years ago when doctors diagnosed him with leukemia.

“We’re walking along in life thinking that he’s healthy as a horse and I’m healthy as a horse and he wasn’t,” said Anne. “They told us to pack and come back up and be prepared to stay for a year, and we did.”…

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