Michael Piquion, a shy thirteen-year-old with a soft smile and eyes that dart timidly from strangers, sits in a Jackson Memorial Hospital room with walls decorated in pastels, polka dots, and Rugrats characters. With his left hand he grips a crimson cord connected to a plastic bag overhead that contains a pint of the blood...
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top photos by Colby Katz bottom photo by Steve Sat
Bags of red blood cells await shipment to area hospitals (top); sickle cell anemia sufferer Michael Piquion (bottom) relies on regular transfusions and support from his family; Community Blood Centers president Dr. Charles Rouault (middle) contributing to the cause