Alan Mack is donating plasma in the hope that it will spare other families from the same 'terrible ordeal'.
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player"If I can help one person by donating my blood plasma, that's more than enough," he said.in their daughter's memory, raising money for a cancer charity at Great North Children's Hospital in Newcastle.
Antibody levels in plasma vary from person to person, but tend to be higher among people who were sicker,People should aim to donate within six weeks after they recover from the virus - or they run the risk of their antibodies being too low to be usable.
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