500 mls of precious Amy blood! Amy decided a few months back that she would like to become a blood donor. I used to give blood about 15 years ago, but once I returned to the work force I just got out of the habit, so Amy dragged me along for some moral support- not bad from a kid who used to be petrified of needles! All those piercings have toughened her up.
We actually went two weeks ago and as Amy had been unwell the week before she was ineligible so had to come back in two weeks. I was able to give blood, but returned with Amy two weeks later when she went to try again. This time she got through all the questions but when they went to test her hemoglobin levels it was too low. The decided to take a sample from her vein and that gave a better reading and it was high enough for her to be able to donate. She enjoyed the milkshake and goodies that they had afterwards!
We are both booked in again in 6 weeks time to give plasma- you can do that every 6 weeks, it does take longer but they are always pretty keen for plasma and they said Amy had veins that would be good for plasma so we will see how that goes!
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