Give blood... part 2
Well, I sadly admit that this post is long overdue. You probably do not remember, but I first wrote about how important it is to Give blood last November.
The other sad thing is that while I always remember hearing how the Magen David Adom blood bank is low in the summer months, the truth is that it is always low - at least according to the lady who took my blood tonight.
If you can give blood - give blood ASAP.
In closing, I am putting a related link below to Treppenwitz. Besides being a former fellow softball player back when I lived in Efrat, David (the author) is probably the best English-speaking Israeli blogger. Just to give you one example of how hard he drives the point home, this post about giving blood came out in July of last year.
And no, I didn't find it today by a random search. It was just another one of his classic posts that hit home and found a nice resting spot in the back of my head.
4 comments:
Nice one Shmu - the blog I mean, not the low levels of blood. I wish they would take my blood, but I was in the UK when they had mad cow's, and even though I am a veggie, my blood isn't good enough.
BTW shhhhhh - don't make too much of a noise, I love our tranquil island of pradise ;)
Aw, thanks for the mention (and the link).
BTW, I envy you your life in the Golan. We would love to retire there someday, but I didn't get so much a s a nibble when I was looking for a job up there.
I have an appointment to give blood and platelets next week (in the US). It seems every time I go in there is a new question that would disallow more donors. Then they complain about the lack of available donors. I realize they want to protect the blood supply as much as possible, but I hope they'll be able to come up with better testing procedures so people who are excluded for being in the wrong place at the wrong time (like nicc) will be able to donate in the future.
Thank you all for the comments.
Jewish Deaf Motorcycling Dad, it is interesting what you say - my wife is from the UK and was a veggie when she lived there, too - because it seems that nearly every time I give blood MDA has a new upgrade in their systems. This time was the first time I saw the "small cute bag" which filled the test tubes whilst I was giving blood.
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