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Family battling childs rare blood disease

Blood drive set for Friday to help him and others

Jeremiah Nash, 4, shyly listens as family members talk about his life on Tuesday. Jeremiah has Bernard-Soulier syndrome, a rare genetic disease marked by uncontrollable bleeding. - photo by Erin O. Smith

0729JEREMIAH 0006 — Jeremiah Nash, 4, shyly listens as family members talk about his life on Tuesday. Jeremiah has Bernard-Soulier syndrome, a rare genetic disease marked by uncontrollable bleeding. - photo by Erin O. Smith

Christmas morning is supposed to be about smiles, laughter and good cheer. For one Gainesville family in 2011, it was complete horror and panic, as Beronica Nash awoke to find her 6-month-old son Jeremiah soaked in blood. “I thought he was dead,” she said.