Yesenia Adame aka Yesenia biography

Real biography: Yesenia Adame is an American actress, model, dancer and TV personality. Currently, she can be seen as a caller on "National Bingo Night!"

Fun Facts Has had the privilege of working with the one and only William Shatner as a dancer on the short lived TV series "Show Me the Money!" Apparently she has a sense of humor, though, as she's posted a blog entitled "Best DUI ever!" on her myspace page. She's going to be teachign a group dance class at the Dance Garden Studios in Los Angeles, for all you guys looking to score bonus points with your lady friends, while also looking to ogle someone from television. A Good Cause

This message was recently posted on Yesenia's myspace page, so we're spreading the love:

As some of you may already know, my lil' 2 year old Nephew Dominick Rivera has just been diagnosed with Acute Lukemia. He has begun chemotherapy and will be in need of platelets in order to survive.

What are Platelets & why Are they Needed?Blood is made of four components: platelets, plasma, red blood cells and white blood cells. The platelet component is necessary to control bleeding. Patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatments, for example, are unable to produce enough platelets. Without platelet transfusion, life-threatening hemorrhages could result.

Today, sophisticated medical equipment — blood cell separators — can collect enough platelets for transfusion from a single donor. Using a technique called apheresis, blood is drawn from the donor's vein into an apheresis instrument, which separates the blood into separate portions by centrifugation. By appropriately adjusting the instrument, a selected portion of the blood, such as the platelets, can be recovered, while the rest of the blood is returned to the donor either into the same vein or into a vein in the other arm.

This process takes more time than whole blood donation, but the percentage of platelets is much greater. It is a simple, safe process — very much like regular blood donation. In fact, your body starts replenishing platelets immediately after your donation. Within 48 hours, your body's platelets should be completely replenished. And, just like whole blood donation, donating platelets is safe.

Dominick will be needing a lot of donors in a spread out time frame. You can call this number (323) 362-2441 to see if you qualify to donate & make an appointment. Most people qualify.Everyone who qualifies in my family have already scheduled an appt. so now we are reaching out to friends. The next available apts are Fri & Sat. By calling the number you can find out all about it & check with them as far as scheduling goes. You just have to make sure to mention it is for Dominick Rivera.

Lil Dominick, my family, & I would really appreciate it. :)

By donating your platelets through platelet apheresis (ay-fer-ee-sis), you give a very special gift of life!

Sincerely & much love,Yesenia Adame