Luis Carlos Cano
The Juarez Journal
Sunday, May 23, 2021 | 06:00
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Juarez City- Starting tomorrow, the blood collection for patients who are cared for in the Association of Parents of Children with Cancer and Leukemia (Apanical) begins, an activity that will continue this week at the initiative of Aileen Jiménez Espinoza, who joins to the tissue donation on turning 18 next Thursday 27.
The teenager was diagnosed with cancer when she was 9 years old, but she managed to beat the disease and in response to the support she received at Apanical, she wants to help by donating blood for children affected by cancer and leukemia.
Patricia Espinoza, Aileen’s mother, commented that her daughter is going to turn 18 next Thursday the 27th and she wants to celebrate it by donating blood, but in addition to that, inviting the community to donate during the campaign that will take place from the 24th to the 29 of this month, from 12:00 noon to 4:00 in the afternoon.
“The tissue donation will be at the Bansua blood bank, located in Poliplaza Diamante, we invite the Juarense population to join this noble cause by donating blood for children and adolescents suffering from cancer, treated at the Apanical”, said Patricia .
In addition to the fact that Aileen will be a donor of the tissue, she is promoting the donation campaign from tomorrow Monday until next Saturday, in order to help sick minors who are cared for in the Association of Parents of Children with Cancer and Leukemia.
“With this I want to thank the Juarense community for the help they gave me before, and now that I am coming of age and I can donate blood, I want to do it as a way to partially return all the support I received when I was diagnosed with cancer.” , he expressed.
“We are in difficult times, help us to help, because life is in the blood,” says the teenager, who turns 18 this week.
“I want to help other children by donating my blood, so that like me they can be cured of cancer”, says the writing in the advertisement that Aileen makes known.
“Working shoulder to shoulder for children with cancer and leukemia”, is expressed in another of the banners promoting the donation.
He affirmed that he has always wanted to donate blood and now that he turns 18 it will be a reality, with the authorization of the pediatric oncologist Rubén Ornelas and the neurologist Hernández Navarrete, doctors who are still reviewing his health.
“This birthday will be special,” Aileen said, “because I decided to celebrate it by donating part of my blood, but at the same time inviting more people to join this cause by putting their seed of love.”
He commented that people who want to register to donate blood or to ask about this campaign can call him at (656) 105-8671.
Patricia Espinoza, Aileen’s mother, said that when her daughter was five years old, she founded the civil association Abriendo Caminos de Amor, in order to help low-income children with disabilities.
“In the association we work with schools supporting minors who have a disability, including cerebral palsy, autism, blindness, attention deficit and the silent,” said Patricia. (Luis Carlos Cano C.)
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