I went to the Red Cross blood drive not that long ago and hit the 72 pint mark. That’s 9 gallons donated life-time – or just over 7 full peoples’ worth of blood.
Which is kind of amazing. Gross, maybe, but amazing.
The staff at the blood drive were un-impressed, though, when I mentioned it. I thought they used to give out pins at each gallon or something, but now it’s now no big deal, I guess.
The needle site kinda hurt during and after the donation (which is odd for me – I have veins like super-highways), and I was wiped out afterwards. I don’t think I ate enough before-hand – it happens.
But, the keebler cookies were good and I got a best buy gift card so that was cool.
I’ve been a donor since high school and don’t see myself stopping until I’m no longer able. It’s actually good for me since my diet has me eating a lot of iron rich foods and too much iron is as bad as not enough.
Kinda cool to think about the good it does. Maybe not much in the grand scheme of things, but if it help out just one person that’s enough, isn’t it?