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Melisa Ekstorm, team leader at Heartland Blood Centers in DeKalb, prepares to insert a needle into the arm of Russell Lovell of Sycamore on Jan. 12 as he donates blood platelets. Not only blood is collected from a donor; automated products, including platelets, plasma and red blood cells also can be collected.
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Melisa Ekstorm, team leader at Heartland Blood Centers in DeKalb, prepares to insert a needle into the arm of Russell Lovell of Sycamore on Jan. 12 as he donates blood platelets. Not only blood is collected from a donor; automated products, including platelets, plasma and red blood cells also can be collected.

  • Melisa Ekstorm, team leader at Heartland Blood Centers in DeKalb, prepares to insert a needle into the arm of Russell Lovell of Sycamore on Jan. 12 as he donates blood platelets. Not only blood is collected from a donor; automated products, including platelets, plasma and red blood cells also can be collected.
  • Melisa Ekstorm, team leader at Heartland Blood Centers in DeKalb, prepares vials of blood for testing. Ekstorm said there is a critical need for blood to keep up with the demand from local hospitals.
  • Russell Lovell of Sycamore relaxes as he donates blood platelets on Jan. 12 at Heartland Blood Centers, 2428 Sycamore Road in DeKalb. Lovell first started donating platelets in memory of his mother, who died of cancer in 2008. Lovell donates platelets every two weeks.
  • Vials of blood await testing at Heartland Blood Centers, 2428 Sycamore Road in DeKalb. Since donated blood is perishable, with red blood cells having a shelf life of 42 days and platelets five days, the need for blood donations is constant.
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