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Jennifer Calderon, with her son Henry, meets her blood donors who saved her life after she underwent a blood transfusion following a caesarean section nearly 10 months ago.

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Mother thanks donors from UCLA Blood and Platelet Center who saved her life

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Jennifer Calderon was so relieved to hear her baby Henry’s cries in the delivery room that she didn’t notice the medical staff jumping into action. Calderon’s body would not stop bleeding after her cesarean section, an additional complication to what was already a difficult pregnancy.

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Mother thanks donors from UCLA Blood and Platelet Center who saved her life

By Ariana Ricarte

Feb. 3, 2014 1:51 a.m.