The girl who needs other people's blood to survive
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Five-year-old Heidi has Diamond Blackfan anemia. The rare condition requires her to receive a blood transfusion every month because she doesn't produce her own red blood cells. Her family desperately hope advances in medical research will help Heidi have different treatment options in the future.
