Donation
Made my apointment today for Friday to donate platelets..Contact your local American Red cross for a location near you.
It takes 5-10 bags of normal blood donations to get one bag of platelets. Each patient requires between 10-15 bags during a single round of Chemotherapy. It’s super easy and doesn’t take very long to donate a whole bag on your own. They take your blood out and pull out the platelets and then give you the rest back.
I’m doin’ it and so should you! Let me know if you live near Philly and want to come with me next time. It’s great to go with friends and sit and chat for the 2 hours. You can help someone feel a little bit better in their time of need. they are used within 5 days of donation so it’s an instant helper.
