I have a speech tomorrow on the american red cross and donating blood... and I was just wondering if there was anyone out here who has had/ has a family member or friend who has had a blood transfusion from someone giving blood and it has saved their lives... or even someone who was waiting for a blood match but never received it and passed away.... any stories like that would be greatly appreciated

11/7/2005 11:53:12 AM

use your imagination, goddamn. how do you think the rest of us did it?

11/7/2005 11:54:22 AM

i do.
uhm
she went in for an ileostomy modification, and before the operation, her clotting factor wasn't really acceptable, but waiting to operate wasn't an option.
so she received two units. so yeah, it saved her life, both directly and in a roudabout way.


she died of septecemia 8 months later

11/7/2005 12:00:37 PM

^ preciate the info.... that helps.... if anyone else has any let me know

11/7/2005 12:03:09 PM

my friend passed out while running the morning after giving blood

11/7/2005 12:09:00 PM

my grandma had a transfusion and it saved her life (this was like 2 months ago)

there isn't a really involved or tear jerking story to go with it though

11/7/2005 5:45:12 PM

your name starts with NC and ends with SU...like...NCSU omgz ncstate, how clever.

11/7/2005 5:59:23 PM

my aunt needed a blood transfusion after falling and breaking some vertabrae in her back.

within 20 minutes they had like 11 matches at the nearest blood bank

so she had all the potential blood she needed

which of course is a good thing

11/7/2005 6:01:45 PM

wow at 5 pints of blood = $1250. nice money they're making.

i need to get in on that.

11/7/2005 7:06:36 PM