NEW ORLEANS — The Blood Center is urgently seeking blood and platelets during the Thanksgiving holiday break. Special donation hours have been scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 29 and Sunday, Nov. 30.

Healthcare providers said two infants are currently in in the Cardiac Care Intensive Unit and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

Both infants are boys: one is 13 months old and the other is 8 days old. They are on ECMO machines, which help give their lungs a rest, and both require immediate blood transfusions until they are stable.

Donors are welcome at

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