CSL Plasma Careers

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”

-Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Philosopher

May is GBS|CIDP Awareness Month, and your plasma helps patients affected by these conditions.

➡️ Guillain-Barré (Ghee-yan Bah-ray) Syndrome is an inflammatory disorder of the peripheral nerves outside the brain and spinal cord. GBS is characterized by the rapid onset of numbness, weakness, and often paralysis of the legs, arms, breathing muscles, and face. Paralysis is ascending, meaning that it travels up the limbs from fingers and toes towards the torso. Loss of reflexes, such as the knee jerk, are usually found.

➡️ Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) is a rare disorder of the peripheral nerves characterized by gradually increasing sensory loss and weakness associated with loss of reflexes.

Learn more: https://www.gbs-cidp.org/

CSL Plasma’s Exie Mayes raised one daughter to adulthood and then opened her heart and home to two foster children, 7-year-old Eden and 6-year-old Ethan, whom she and her wife adopted in 2019.

In addition to Mother’s Day, Mayes and her wife Liz celebrate “Gotcha Day” on April 26, the day they adopted their two youngest children.

“Motherhood has its good days and bad days,” said Mayes, who says she continuously learns the lesson of patience. “Children do not come with an instruction book. There are trials and errors, tears and joy. But we would not change a thing. We feel so blessed.”

Eden is a cheery, energetic first grader who likes being silly, playing with friends and enjoying video games. She is also well educated about her condition, von Willebrand Disease (VWD), a bleeding disorder. As Eden is also affected by a dairy allergy and is required to undergo colonoscopies and endoscopies, a plasma-derived therapy is vital to manage bleeding.

MORE: https://www.cslbehring.com/vita/2023/feeling-blessed-to-be-a-mom