I had some hot chocolate this morning in my "Help Someone Live To See Another Sunrise" mug that I got for donating blood. I have O- blood, the universal donor, so the lady at the blood donation place called me to remind me to come in every 8 weeks. I didn't mind it so much, and it was like instant karma. And free cookies, popcorn, and juice.
After Tyler and I were married, I started making him come with me to donate. He only went a few times because he hated it. Pansy.
One of the times we went right before Tyler was going to take me to work. He finished first and was sitting in the recovery area. As I walked past him to get my popcorn, he gave me a big, hearty slap on the rear. This is very unusual for him and I looked at him in astonishment. All he said was, "I bet people are going to be really nice to you today at work. You know, because you gave blood." Ok, weirdo.
Twenty minutes later, I walked into work and was getting myself all set up, when my coworker pointed out that I had a sticker on my rear end. A sticker that said, "Be nice to me, I donated blood."
I had to stop donating blood after I had Lillian, just after I got my 3 gallon pin. You know how they fill up those extra little vials at the end? Those are for testing your blood for various diseases. I got a notice in the mail that I had had a false positive for some obscure blood-borne disease that I'd never heard of whose name was mostly letters and numbers. The notice said that I did NOT have this disease and not to worry. The next time I donated, I got another notice that said I had another false positive for this disease and although I did NOT have it, it said that because of the two false positives, I could never donate blood, tissue, breast milk, or my organs in the event of my death. I don't know if I believe that because my mom had thyroid cancer 26 years ago and at the time, they told her never to donate blood, and then just recently, the Red Cross people said that enough time had gone by, and she could donate again.
So, if the waiting period for cancer is 26 years, what's the waiting period for a disease you don't even have?
4 comments:
I got a crazy letter saying that I have Blah blah blah blood and I was asked not to donate and that my name has been put on some list. Apparently my blood does not have this thing that adults have and so I can donate to newborns. Check me out. I have been called before and I have gone.
you're a good person... i'm too chicken to donate blood, and i'm under the impression that i need all the blood i have.
Giving blood sucks! I never do it. Also, it makes me pass out. But whatever.
The part about Tyler is hillarious!
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