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Vietnam veteran who survived cancer, COVID hits 100-gallon milestone with OneBlood
NEWS 4-Jackson ^ | APRIL 14, 2021 | Carianne Luter

Posted on 04/15/2021 5:33:52 AM PDT by deport

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville man, who is also a Vietnam vet that survived cancer and COVID-19, reached the 100-gallon-donor milestone with OneBlood on Wednesday.

While battling cancer and the coronavirus, Carl Schuck managed to keep donating platelets and even convalescent plasma to help those fighting COVID-19.

After he donated over 96 gallons, OneBlood said in a news release, he learned he had cancer. Three years later, he was diagnosed with COVID-19, spending three weeks in the hospital, 15 days of which were on a ventilator.

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TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Society
KEYWORDS: blood; donations; veteran

1 posted on 04/15/2021 5:33:52 AM PDT by deport
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Carl Schuck
2 posted on 04/15/2021 5:37:42 AM PDT by deport ( )
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>>After he donated over 96 gallons, OneBlood said in a news release, he learned he had cancer


3 posted on 04/15/2021 5:43:57 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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That’s just great /sarc. So what does someone have when they get HIS XD blood?


4 posted on 04/15/2021 5:52:40 AM PDT by jackibutterfly (May the 10 just men lacking in Sodom be found in America, for it’s sake of survival.)
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β€œ So what does someone have when they get HIS XD blood?”

Life.


5 posted on 04/15/2021 6:13:51 AM PDT by jdsteel ("A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it." Sorry Ben, looks like we blew it.)
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