NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A teen with leukemia receiving treatment at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is asking the community to make time to give blood.

“Stick with the appointment. You’re doing a good thing,” said Brody Cramer.

Cramer is 13 years old. He was diagnosed with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia in February and regularly needs blood transfusions. “The chemo has some side effects that drop my blood levels,” Cramer explained.

In almost a year, Cramer has needed 30 units of red blood cells and 16 units of platelets, all of which were donated.