John’s father Jake says “John receives platelets before any procedures such as spinal taps and bone marrow biopsies. And although we cannot designate our blood and platelets to go directly to an individual who needs them, we can increase the inventory for him and everyone else who needs it.”

His mother Lacie says “Platelets are such a routine part of children’s care who have cancer. I had no idea until we found ourselves here. Donating is so important. It would be scary to think John could be denied a procedure because platelets were unavailable.”