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Karin

Bonita Springs, Florida

On October 12, 2001, I gave birth to my first child.

It was a normal pregnancy but the difficult delivery resulted in an emergency C-Section which turned into an emergency hysterectomy due to a severe case of placenta accreta. I completed bleed out twice.

The second time was to the extent that every vein my body had completely collapsed except for the artery connecting my heart to my brain.

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It was the only thing keeping me alive. The doctors do not know how I survived that day. I was awake through the entire ordeal until they did the hysterectomy.

I woke up 3 days later to fully understand what had happened and how much blood and platelets were needed to save my life. I am forever grateful to the doctors, nurses, and blood donors who came together to save my life and allow me to subsequently adopt a daughter from Kazahkstan and see both of my children enter high school this fall. God bless.

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