{"id":1370047,"date":"2022-03-10T22:01:20","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T03:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1370047"},"modified":"2022-03-10T22:01:22","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T03:01:22","slug":"video-citizen-donates-laptop-backpack-to-hospitalized-girl-victimized-by-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-citizen-donates-laptop-backpack-to-hospitalized-girl-victimized-by-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Citizen Donates Laptop, Backpack to Hospitalized Girl Victimized by Theft"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvideo-citizen-donates-laptop-backpack-to-hospitalized-girl-victimized-by-theft%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1370047&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">When a 13-year-old girl in Oakland, California, realized her backpack, which held her tablet and a laptop, was stolen on her way to the hospital for surgery, she was devastated.\u00a0But to her surprise, a citizen is helping turn the situation into something positive, KTVU <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/news\/good-samaritan-donates-macbook-and-new-backpack-to-oakland-girl-who-was-victim-of-theft\">reported<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Jazz Hardrict is a patient at Children\u2019s Hospital getting ready to undergo bone-marrow transplant surgery due to sickle-cell disease.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website, sickle cell disease is known as a group of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/ncbddd\/sicklecell\/facts.html\">inherited<\/a> red blood cell disorders. The illness can be painful and cause additional serious problems.<\/p>\n<p>A video from 2018 detailed Jazz\u2019s condition and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ucsf\/videos\/255089165145123\/\">said<\/a> doctors thought she would live until about 25. However, scientists believe a cure is just around the corner:<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ucsf\/videos\/255089165145123\/\" data-width=\"640\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ucsf\/videos\/255089165145123\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ucsf\/videos\/255089165145123\/\">Seeking a Cure for Sickle Cell \u2013 Jazz&#8217;s Story<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scientists believe that a cure for sickle cell disease \u2013 once a life sentence \u2013 is within reach. When Jazz Hardrict was diagnosed, doctors said she had a life expectancy of 25. Now, UCSF Benioff Children&#8217;s Hospital scientists believe a cure will be discovered within her lifetime. THANK YOU to all of our children\u2019s health supporters \u2013 you\u2019ve given kids like Jazz a new lease on life. #UCSFDonorsRock<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/150461148299523\">UCSF<\/a> on Wednesday, November 21, 2018<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Sunday, her backpack was taken from her grandmother\u2019s car when they stopped before arriving at the hospital. Inside it were other educational items, including a tablet and a laptop.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>However, the family received huge support after the story aired, and with that came the gift of a refurbished MacBook.<\/p>\n<p>A person named Mike Panico sent the donation to the hospital and also included a new backpack in the surprise.<\/p>\n<p>KTVU later spoke with Panico, who explained he understood the girl\u2019s situation. The father of three was reminded of being at the same hospital when he was young and had a paper route for a local newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>A cut on his hand turned into a staph infection, and he explained that at the time, it was difficult for his single mother.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the owner of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Northbay-Networks-249873968406\">Northbay Networks<\/a> said he had the spare computer and wanted to do something to help.<\/p>\n<p>Although Jazz\u2019s surgery will take place soon and she will remain in the hospital for a few months, thanks to the kindness of a stranger, she now has the ability to stay connected with friends and teachers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a 13-year-old girl in Oakland, California, realized her backpack, which held her tablet and a laptop, was stolen on her way to the hospital for surgery, she was devastated.\u00a0But<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1370047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1370047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1370047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1370047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1370047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}