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News from the Blood Bank
June 11th, 2004 09:32 amWent in to the blood bank on Tuesday to give the blood needed for extra tests; I'm at the CT (compatibility testing) stage. The blood tests so far have shown a match six different ways. Getting closer!
They arrange a special "bone marrow donor" kit -- lots and lots of health questions to answer, and pages to read and acknowledge and sign off on. There was a lot of interest at the blood bank -- guess this isn't too common, so they all stood around and watched the lady who was getting to do this (the bone marrow bit, not the blood draw) for the first time. Evidently the colors of the caps on the vials are important... So they drew five vials, which seemed fine at the time. When I crashed flat out at 7:30 that night, I think I was feeling the effects.
Now I wait for probably two months -- it takes that long for the compatibility tests. On with life...
They arrange a special "bone marrow donor" kit -- lots and lots of health questions to answer, and pages to read and acknowledge and sign off on. There was a lot of interest at the blood bank -- guess this isn't too common, so they all stood around and watched the lady who was getting to do this (the bone marrow bit, not the blood draw) for the first time. Evidently the colors of the caps on the vials are important... So they drew five vials, which seemed fine at the time. When I crashed flat out at 7:30 that night, I think I was feeling the effects.
Now I wait for probably two months -- it takes that long for the compatibility tests. On with life...
