| She was treated with intravenous folinic acid and antibiotics and was given transfusions of blood products. |
| The medical community generally knows that Jehovah's Witnesses refuse blood transfusions. |
| Nearly 90 percent of MDS patients are anemic and require regular transfusions of red cells. |
| Beta-thalassaemia, also known as Cooley's anaemia, is also a severe disease with dependence on regular blood transfusions from early life. |
| As a young child, Spear helped the local veterinarian with the livestock, including giving blood transfusions and administering medications. |
| But the miracle tot held on to life, bouncing back from potentially fatal colds, an infection, two blood transfusions and jaundice. |
