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.<\/p>\n
Which is kind of amazing. \u00a0Gross, maybe, but amazing.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
But, the keebler cookies were good and I got a best buy gift card so that was cool.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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