While I know you can give every 8 weeks, I prefer to wait for the blood drive at church every 12 weeks, I know the staff of the nursery, and the folk 'taking' know us.
Which means they know my husband is not permitted to get up without first drinking juice, and eating and an escort...cause he fell once, or rather sat down fast.
I on the other hand changed my usual routine and managed to fill the bag in 6 minutes as opposed to the half hour it took last time. Hopefully this is a new tradition for me, and my husband not having trouble is a new tradition for him.
The secret might be in the food/drink, I had oatmeal and a banana for breakfast, he had about a gallon of orange juice while donating.
Either way it is a simple way to help out, and my oldest gets to learn all sorts of things about blood and donating and needles and iron, great education, the other two are too short yet.
Success at the blood drive
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http://www.funnyjunk.com/pages/mad_cow_disease.htm
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What do they do in England for major blood loss?
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