So I went and donated plasma today. Hey good way to lose a pound. I wanted to see if I could donate plasma. I always used to donate blood but they always had a hard time finding a vein; so I wasn't sure if I would be able to. I was though and let me tell you I feel so good about it. I love when I know I am doing something that is going to help someone I will probably never meet.
The med tech said that plasma is most often used for burn patients because their skin no longer holds in moisture.
The cool thing about plasma donation or double red cell donation is that they get twice as much as they would from a normal "whole blood" donation. They always spin out the blood once you have donated and get half plasma half red blood cells. When you donate one of these two things you give twice the amount that you would be able to when you donate "whole blood". Since Dr.s almost always call for these seperately it makes a big impact. Well worth the extra time it might take. I feel good.
And hey 516 units of plasma weighs about 1lb so there I lost 1lb after I weighed in so next week should be that much easier, right?
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Hey Auntie,
ReplyDeleteHi. How are you? Hope your doing well. I really miss you. LOVE YOU LOTS!
Kelsey