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SorellaLaBefana

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4. Thank You. Truly.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 29, 2025, 03:03 PM

Mar 2025

Even more than any other donation, blood is truly a direct gift of life.

So many times in an operating room the whole crew is looking anxiously for the blood trauma cooler to arrive. Meanwhile temporizing by tying/packing off major bleeders and giving fluids, drugs and either hopes or prayers.

Without blood donors, there is no blood to be given. Despite well over half a century of trying, there is simply no replacement.

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James Harrison, Whose Antibodies Helped Millions, Dies at 88; February 17, 2025 [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 OP

Jesus welcomed him with open arms.... Karadeniz Mar 2025 #1

A Wonderful Person SorellaLaBefana Mar 2025 #2

Thanks for writing. I was scheduled to donate whole blood yesterday. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 #3

Thank You. Truly. SorellaLaBefana Mar 2025 #4