{"id":7618,"date":"2017-01-24T21:02:10","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T04:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/?p=7618"},"modified":"2020-01-28T15:26:48","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T22:26:48","slug":"special-kind-thanks-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/special-kind-thanks-life\/","title":{"rendered":"A special kind of thanks: life"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><figure id=\"attachment_7619\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7619\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7619 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/01\/28144339\/family-donation_thanksgiving.webp\" alt=\"The Olsen family of Fort Collins decided they would show their thanks by donating in honor of their beloved Lois and those who donated to help sustain her life. 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Photo by Kati Blocker, UCHealth.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/01\/28144339\/family-donation_thanksgiving.webp 1200w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/01\/28144339\/family-donation_thanksgiving-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/01\/28144339\/family-donation_thanksgiving-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/01\/28144339\/family-donation_thanksgiving-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/01\/28144339\/family-donation_thanksgiving-150x100.webp 150w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/01\/28144339\/family-donation_thanksgiving-200x133.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7619\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Olsen family of Fort Collins decided they would show their thanks by donating in honor of their beloved Lois and those who donated to help sustain her life. From left, Garrett, Karl, Gerald, Heather and Ariane. Not pictured: Braden, Kari, Dan and Anders. Photo by Kati Blocker, UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite losing their loved one only a month ago, the Olsen family found they still had a lot to be thankful for. And they knew exactly how they could show that thanks \u2014 by giving blood.<\/p>\n<p>Nine members of the Olsen family \u2014 Gerald; his son, Karl; Karl\u2019s wife, Heather; their children, Ariane, Braden and Garrett; Gerald\u2019s daughter, Kari; her husband, Dan; and their son, Anders \u2014 spent the day before Thanksgiving at the Garth Englund Blood Donation Center in Fort Collins.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat grandma went through put into perspective how important blood banks and donating are,\u201d said 24-year-old Ariane.<\/p>\n<p>Her grandmother, Lois Olsen, spent 19 years battling lymphoma. Then in late 2015, her disease relapsed after chemotherapy and her only viable option for treatment was a stem cell transplant, said Gerald, Lois\u2019 husband, who worked as an ophthalmologist at Poudre Valley Hospital from 1972 to 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Lois spent three months at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, during which time her own stem cells were collected. She underwent a stem cell transplant on Dec. 14, 2015. Eight months later, while at home in Fort Collins, Lois was diagnosed with a new cancer \u2014 myelodysplastic syndrome \u2014 which claimed her life in October 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough she didn\u2019t survive, blood was important in sustaining her life,\u201d said Gerald Olsen, Lois\u2019 husband.<\/p>\n<p>So when the family gathered for a dinner three weeks after Lois\u2019 death, nobody objected to the idea of donating blood as a family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s such an easy gift of life,\u201d Heather said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a small thing that can make a big difference,\u201d added 19-year-old Garrett.<\/p>\n<p>UCHealth\u2019s Garth Englund Blood Center collects approximately 8,500 blood products each year through donors. All the donated blood stays in northern Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>The donation process takes about 45 minutes from start to finish. The donor provides a health history, signs a consent form and is confirmed to be well enough to donate through a temperature, blood pressure, and finger-stick check. Once the needle is inserted into the vein on the inside of the elbow, the actual blood donation takes about five to 10 minutes. Afterward, the donor is sent off with a snack and often other treats, like a T-shirt.<\/p>\n<p>Donations not only provide the bank with red blood cells. Plasma also is extracted from a qualified donor during a 40-minute blood donation. Donors also can choose to donate platelets \u2014 a 90- to 120-minute process. There is a higher demand for platelets because of their five-day shelf life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLois received a lot of platelets and packed [red blood] cells,\u201d Gerald said. \u201cThis is a tribute to Lois, but it\u2019s also a way for us to give back to the community that gave to Lois for all those years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To donate or for more information, contact the Garth Englund Blood Center at 970.495.8965.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite losing their loved one only a month ago, the Olsen family found they still had a lot to be thankful for. And they knew exactly how they could show that thanks \u2014 by giving blood. 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