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RANDOM MUSINGS FROM THE TOP OF THE HILL

12/23/2014

BLOOD

I'm going to give blood today for the last time this year.  I'm giving platelets for the first time instead of whole blood - I have the right kind of blood.

It takes a couple of hours for the process because they filter the platelets out of your blood and return the red cells and plasma to you.  I'm sure it doesn't hurt.

Platelets are the clotting factors in your blood.  They are critical for cancer patients during their treatments and are also used in transplant and trauma surgeries.  This is my Christmas gift to people I don't know.

O.O

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