The Red Cross has declared a nationwide blood emergency because supplies are critically low. Red Cross officials are calling this a trifecta – the holiday, so many people are sick and the bad weather – all combined to keep people away from donating blood.

One mom from Downingtown hopes that changes quickly. "I get to be a mom because of really amazing blood donors," Kayleigh Summers said.

Summers received 143 units of blood after suffering an amniotic fluid embolism at Paoli Hospital during the birth of her son.

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