Mia's 111th blood transfusion

 

Mia's 111th blood transfusion...with her Kindle Fire given to her from PeppedUP! Thanks Ron...total boredom buster for sure!!!

 

This sweet girl Megan, an intern at the Walter Kronkite broadcasting school came and did a super great interview. She even got me talking (thank goodness I straightened my hair that morning!)

 

 

Getting set up...

 

We love our friends from United Blood Services Arizona - what would we do without them?! They always help us at all our media events. Especially Sue, Jane and Sharon!! My girls!

 

What a burger came to see her. They donated free burgers to all who donated at a recent blood drive. SO sweet...and we tweeted a thank you, it got over 100 retweets and over 4oo favorites. (Just saying.)

 

In all honestly, we really appreciate blood donors. What would anyone do without them? What wold Mia do with out them?

 

And then more news crews showed up. I'm super thankful to God for allowing us to help others with Mia's story. I pray her life touches people to give life to others. Sounds like what God did for us.

 

Megan was so sweet to us!! Thank you SO much, I'll tweet you if the Today Show picks us up! Below is the story she put together: (so currently it's not working...)

 

 

 

In other Mia news, there was a super cool article written about her in Healthy Cells Magazine. You MUST read it if you haven't already! Mia found her sweet friend Jordan on the cover of a different magazine...TWINS!

 

Mia holding her magazine, she spent the day autographing them to her nurses, doctors, and friends. Haha, what about me?!

 

Then, Mia got a blanket from the Linus Project...ugh LOVE. It's really cool around the edges, someone took the time to crochet it. Thank you to people who do stuff like that. The kindness of strangers.

 

The day got better, Mia had a visit form former Miss Arizona, Jennifer. We love her, she seriously is so sweet it's not even funny!

 

We love her! Thanks Jennifer for taking the time to always visit her, she always looks forward to it each and every time!

 

Mia and Jenn <3 p="">

By the time we left the hospital after her transfusion, the magazines were all over the place. Too funny, so she stopped to actually read it. Thank you to everyone who donates blood to keep my sweet and sassy girl alive!!

Mia's 110th blood transfusion

 

 

I mustache you a question...have you ever donated blood?? It keeps people alive. Just like Mia. Here we are for her 110th.

 

She actually had the best day ever she said...a lot happened during this transfusion.

 

 

A little magazine called Healthy Cells...which you can find all around the hospital, came and did a photo shoot of Mia to bring awareness on the importance of donating blood. They said she would be on the cover...how exciting! Here they are taking a cute pic of Mia with her nurse Miss Christine!

Then we had an awesome visit from Miss Arizona!!! Oh my gosh...we absolutely love her so much! She is so sweet and kind...not to mention she took the time out of her busy day to come see us.

Mia, Miss Arizona and Miss Christine.

 

We just love these nurses in POTC at Cardon Children's...they truly are the BEST!

LOVE!!

 

 

Miss Arizona let Mia wear her sash and crown...

 

Actually...she crowned Mia. Mia won...this is the BEST pic ever!!!

 

Mia truly should be Miss Cardon Kid Arizona...haha. She would rock it! She had so much fun in the hospital with Miss AZ!! Thank you Jennifer so much for coming, we love you!

 

Then she had a surprise visit from her friend Alex!! Oh my goodness she was so excited! Friends are the best thing in the world.

 

They got ice cream, played checkers, took pics and hung out. Talk about a fun day! AND Alex gave Mia a sweet necklace that they both can wear...BFF's.

 

Being goofy...

 

Right when I was getting ready to take the photo, the stack of checkers fell over!!

 

This warms my heart...Scott, from Scott's Training Systems - STS (who I recommend if you live in Arizona and need a place to workout! Holla! Most positive place you will ever find!!) brought his daughter Alex...and they spent a lot of time with us. Thank you sooooo much for making such fun memories for Mia while she's in the hospital.

 

It's the little things...Mia will always remember that her friend Alex came to see her.

Blood Drive, Commercial, and TV

So many things have been going on lately...I donated blood in honor of Mia...while she watched. I started a facebook page called: Mia's Marrow because so many things have been going on with her lately. That way I can get the word out about how important it is to donate blood. For years, I've always wanted to start something called Mia's Marrow, so this is the perfect opportunity.

My sweet friend Ginger who always donates for my sweet girl. Thank you!

This just warms my heart...Mia's nurse Miss Christine hasn't been able to donate in years because of low iron. But she was determined and tried anyways...she passed and was able to donate!! YAY! So did her husband Bob - or 'Sponge Bob' as we call him. How many times in your life does your nurse donate blood in honor of you?? So special. (They share the same birthday :)

Being silly...a merry heart is good medicine!!

Mia's Commercial at Berge Mazda Volkswagen

So it was way too hot to film outside...plus the traffic was really noisy so we were able to go inside. Thank goodness!!

She stood in front of this awesome red bug...(she wants a red beetle when she's older! haha!)

Oh my goodness these guys from UBS were so patient with Mia...if we had a bloopers reel it would be hilarious!!! She did great saying her lines though. It was fun.

Pretending to be a singer rocking out.

Watching the video...to funny.

They let Mia ring the gong and dropped confetti for her...since she did amazing.

Here's the car that a lucky blood donor will win...simply by donating blood between the months of June-August 31st...SWEET!!! It's a 2014 VW Passat.

We are hoping that Mia telling her story will inspire people to donate blood. I'm sure it will, she inspires me to donate blood...but then I'm her mom. I would do anything for her to help keep her alive. What I love about donating blood, is that if it doesn't go to her, it will go to someone who needs it to stay alive. The gift of life.

2014 Drive Away a Hero Campaign PSA from United Blood Services on Vimeo.

2014 July Saving Arizona Blood Drive PSA from United Blood Services on Vimeo.

The Morning Scramble - AZTV

Watch and listen Mia explain about herself and why she needs blood transfusions.

( CLICK HERE if the video above doesn't work or isn't loaded.)

Mia was interviewed by Pat McMahon on the Morning Scramble, to help launch the United Blood services summer campaign. This poor sweet girl had really low blood counts, and was in need of a transfusion the very next day...but she rocked it anyways. She had the help of Sue Thew the PR from UBS, and Steve the GM of Berge Volkswagen to help her!

Getting ready...

During the interview...I love this pic because there's a pic of her on the TV holding a thank you sign...

Then she taped a PSA to run throughout the summer...she loved reading off the teleprompter. She might have a future career for sure!

She really wanted to watch the play back. Too cute.

Good job Mia, you look like a pro.

Oh yeah...she can hang with the news peeps.

We celebrated with Starbucks because Mia rocked it!!!