Apparently they're giving long sleeved tee shirts here now in New Jersey. The best "gift" I got, or the most useful...
...was a red umbrella.
One more Slow Fe tomorrow night, and I hope I'll make it. I'd hate to think of someone losing a loved one because of a blood shortage, although there's plenty of A+ people around. They still keep after me to go, so I guess they need it.
In our lab, we rely on human plasma (and whole blood for antirejection drugs like cyclosporin and rapamycin) for bioanalytical blanks, so the need goes beyond transfusion to a wealth of other very important needs.
They used to send notes once in a while, saying where one's blood was used in a transfusion.
I never knew if my blood plasma was sold back to my lab. One never knows. It's an amusing thought.
I told my wife that when I kick off, I want my tissues, especially vitreous fluid, donated. These are essential tools for developing new treatments.