{"id":9929,"date":"2017-03-17T08:37:45","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T14:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/?p=9929"},"modified":"2021-08-03T09:41:24","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T15:41:24","slug":"o-rex-story-blood-donation-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/o-rex-story-blood-donation-bus\/","title":{"rendered":"The O. Rex Story blood donation bus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><figure id=\"attachment_9930\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9930\" style=\"width: 254px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9930 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/16103459\/O-Rex-Story_72.webp\" alt=\"This is a photo of O. Rex Story. \" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/16103459\/O-Rex-Story_72.webp 845w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/16103459\/O-Rex-Story_72-254x300.webp 254w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/16103459\/O-Rex-Story_72-768x909.webp 768w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/16103459\/O-Rex-Story_72-127x150.webp 127w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/16103459\/O-Rex-Story_72-200x237.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">O. Rex Story. Photo courtesy of the Story family.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Families remember their loved ones in different ways, by continuing a family tradition, posting photos on a wall, or placing flowers on a gravesite. The O. Rex Story family is honoring their loved one in a way that provides life-sustaining help to others.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-five years ago this Saint Patrick\u2019s Day, Carol Story lost her husband, Rex, a father of four and only 58 years old, to a rare blood disease. For 12 years preceding his death, Rex received life-sustaining blood transfusions, sometimes as often as every two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>It was late 2016 when Carol\u2019s son-in-law and Fort Collins philanthropist Rod Rice told the Story family about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealthnocofoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PVH and MCR Foundation<\/a>\u2019s fundraising efforts to buy two new blood donation buses for the UCHealth Garth Englund Blood Donation Center. It was such a perfect opportunity, Carol recalled.<\/p>\n<p>So an O. Rex Story family fund was set up at the foundation, and word went out to Rex\u2019s surviving family and close friends. Together, they made a commitment of $100,000 toward the purchase of the buses. In return, one bus would be named in honor of Rex.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Rex would be very humbled and gratified to know, first, that we were able to do this, but mainly because it will help others who find themselves in situations like we found ourselves in,\u201d said Carol Story. \u201cThere were so many people who put their heart and soul into helping Rex. This is a tribute and thank you to all those people who worked so hard to keep him alive \u2014 the doctors, nurses and blood bank staff, but also the donors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jamie Rice, Rex\u2019s daughter, said her dad was an extraordinary man.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was such a great dad who loved Mom and his kids more than anything,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Rex grew up on a Wyoming ranch, and his work ethic and kind, cowboy nature never altered, Carol said. He met Carol, a Fort Collins native, at a barn dance when they attended Colorado State University. They were married six months later and eventually had four children: Rexann (Frank), Justin, Jamie and Mindy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9931\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9931\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9931 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/16103536\/Rex-Story_ranching_far-right_72.webp\" alt=\"O. Rex Story, far right, helping his family on the ranch in this photo.\" width=\"640\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/16103536\/Rex-Story_ranching_far-right_72.webp 1200w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/16103536\/Rex-Story_ranching_far-right_72-300x137.webp 300w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/16103536\/Rex-Story_ranching_far-right_72-1024x467.webp 1024w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/16103536\/Rex-Story_ranching_far-right_72-768x350.webp 768w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/16103536\/Rex-Story_ranching_far-right_72-150x68.webp 150w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/16103536\/Rex-Story_ranching_far-right_72-200x91.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9931\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">O. Rex Story, far right, helping his family on the ranch. Photo courtesy of the Story family.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jamie recalled her father\u2019s unwavering patience, the laugh lines on his face and how he would always hold her mother\u2019s hand and walk closest to the street.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t done learning all he had to teach,\u201d she said. \u201cThe years I did have with him, I learned a lot, but it was his character that was the best lesson and his greatest gift to all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9932\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9932\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9932 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/16103640\/Rex-Story_with-four-kids_72.webp\" alt=\"O. Rex Story and his four children are shown on horses along the Laramie River.\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/16103640\/Rex-Story_with-four-kids_72.webp 1200w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/16103640\/Rex-Story_with-four-kids_72-300x219.webp 300w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/16103640\/Rex-Story_with-four-kids_72-1024x747.webp 1024w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/16103640\/Rex-Story_with-four-kids_72-768x560.webp 768w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/16103640\/Rex-Story_with-four-kids_72-150x109.webp 150w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/16103640\/Rex-Story_with-four-kids_72-200x146.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">O. Rex Story with his four children along the Laramie River. Photo courtesy of the Story family.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A rarity in most cases, Carol and all four of her children were a blood match to Rex, so they all donated blood for him through the Garth Englund Blood Donation Center. Another 50 community members and friends also donated on his behalf.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe blood bank was amazing, and I\u2019m sure that\u2019s why Rex lived as long as he did,\u201d Carol said.<\/p>\n<p>Garth Englund Blood Donation Center collects approximately 8,500 blood products each year through donors and hosts about 180 blood drives. All the blood that is donated stays in northern Colorado to help patients.<\/p>\n<p>For many years, a blood donation bus allowed the center to host blood drives on-site for businesses and community events. But the old bus was on its last legs, often spending more time in the shop than out in the community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe capability for the blood center to be mobile is critical to their success, as 75 percent of the blood they collect comes from mobile drives,\u201d said Annette Geiselman, development manager for the PVH and MCR Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>The older bus has now been replaced with the two new buses, increasing the reach of the blood center and allowing blood collection at more locations. Currently plain white, the buses\u2019 exteriors will soon be painted with graphics and lettering identifying them as blood donation buses, and one will carry forward the memory of O. Rex Story.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9933\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9933\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9933 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/16103725\/Rex-Story_ranch_72.webp\" alt=\"O. Rex Story is shown in this photo.\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/16103725\/Rex-Story_ranch_72.webp 712w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/16103725\/Rex-Story_ranch_72-214x300.webp 214w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/16103725\/Rex-Story_ranch_72-107x150.webp 107w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/16103725\/Rex-Story_ranch_72-200x281.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">O. Rex Story. Photo courtesy of the Story family.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThese donors, through their support, make possible consequential acts of kindness and generosity that change and save lives,\u201d Geiselman said. \u201cAnd at times, this philanthropic expression of gratitude is also part of a meaningful healing process for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the Story family, it also was a way to thank those who helped during a very trying time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of people \u2014 extended family members and friends \u2014 helped us so much,\u201d Carol said. \u201cImagine living through this for 12 years. It was catastrophic \u2014 there\u2019s just no other word to describe it, as our finances were just dire. We had hit rock bottom. And that\u2019s when everyone stepped in, again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt worked out, and we did the best we could but with the help of many, many people,\u201d she continued. \u201cNow, to come together 25 years later \u2014 and to have the resources even \u2014 to be able to do the naming of this bus is amazing. It\u2019s really a once-in-a-lifetime chance to thank people, make the community aware and appreciative of what we have here through the blood center, and to remember Rex.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Families remember their loved ones in different ways, by continuing a family tradition, posting photos on a wall, or placing flowers on a gravesite. The O. Rex Story family is honoring their loved one in a way that provides life-sustaining help to others. 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