SPOKANE, Wash. — Vitalant is hosting its annual Epicurean Delight event at the Spokane Convention Center Friday night, Nov. 3. It’s an effort to raise money for Vitalant, which collects blood products from donors to give to medical facilities for life saving procedures.
Mother of five, Megan Shaw, knows the importance of blood donation. She almost died giving birth to her fifth child, Coco.
After delivering her baby by c-section, Shaw started hemorrhaging. Her placenta had grown through her uterine wall and attached to her organs. She begged to stay awake and worried that if she closed her eyes, she’d die.
However, a doctor put her under to perform surgery.
Her husband, Jeff, waited for six hours with Coco to hear word of his wife. Finally, he says the doctor told him that Shaw had survived thanks to at least 40 units of blood pumped through her body through transfusions.
Jeff admits he never thought much about blood drives held at his office, but now he says he’ll never look at this selfless act the same way again.
Three years later, the couple is happy to spread words of gratitude to the donors that saved Megan’s life. This story will air Friday night at Vitalant’s Epicurean Delight and the Shaw’s will then take the stage to say ‘thank you’ and to encourage others to donate the gift of life.