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reading the webpage for the girl in Alabama who rolled her jeep got me thinking about donating blood....it mentioned that blood banks in Alabama are low right now.
I originally started donating blood in High School....simply because they had a 'blood drive' and we would get extra credit points for some class...cant even remember now...I was a Junior....the next year Red Cross came back and again I donated for the extra credit points Fast forward to college....Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI) blood drive at college--more extra credit points...
then my best friend from high school called to tell me that her mother had cancer. with the surgery they knew that she would lose a lot of blood and have to have somewhere between 1-5 units. the cost for a unit of blood if I remember correctly was around $50-75....I dont remember how many she really had to have.
with OBI you can donate in someone's name regardless of your blood type like I have A+ but she was B+ and couldnt have my blood....but as my unit went into the bloodbank, they were able to use one for free
I have a 2 gallon pin and several more donations since then...it is no longer about bonus points for me! I usually donate whole blood but it takes several units that are spun into their seperate components and then all the plasma is combined, all the red cells, etc...only once have I done the red blood cells/plasma (RBCP) machine.... it takes your blood into the machine, spins it, keeps what it needs and then returns what it doesnt back to your body.
you can donate every 56 days
I strongly encourage you to donate blood
Rachel
I originally started donating blood in High School....simply because they had a 'blood drive' and we would get extra credit points for some class...cant even remember now...I was a Junior....the next year Red Cross came back and again I donated for the extra credit points Fast forward to college....Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI) blood drive at college--more extra credit points...
then my best friend from high school called to tell me that her mother had cancer. with the surgery they knew that she would lose a lot of blood and have to have somewhere between 1-5 units. the cost for a unit of blood if I remember correctly was around $50-75....I dont remember how many she really had to have.
with OBI you can donate in someone's name regardless of your blood type like I have A+ but she was B+ and couldnt have my blood....but as my unit went into the bloodbank, they were able to use one for free
I have a 2 gallon pin and several more donations since then...it is no longer about bonus points for me! I usually donate whole blood but it takes several units that are spun into their seperate components and then all the plasma is combined, all the red cells, etc...only once have I done the red blood cells/plasma (RBCP) machine.... it takes your blood into the machine, spins it, keeps what it needs and then returns what it doesnt back to your body.
you can donate every 56 days
I strongly encourage you to donate blood
Rachel