[We were deep in the midst of Wheel of Fortune posts when I drafted this. I’ve already been eligible to give multiple times since this! So, while this post is old, enjoy it now as we continue catching up/keeping on!]
Welp, shelter-in-place orders officially started today. And basically the first thing I did was make an essential stop to give some blood!
I went to Cedars-Sinai. They are in a critical need!
It was such a weird scene. They had roped off the area you normally go to. You had to answer questions about recent travel and pass a mini-health screening just to be able to go down the hallway that led to the blood donor area!
I mean, it made sense. It just was weird and different.
Then you went to the blood donor area and that was pretty much same as normal, except that basically anyone in there today was a healthcare worker on break – not a lot of randos coming in off the street.
The guy who took my blood explained to me that most of their blood comes from blood drives (which I did not know – I always prefer to just go give at the hospital).
So, yeah, they’re in critical need!
I happily gave blood. And they were giving away tons of stuff if you did. I got an In N Out gift certificate, plus one for a coffee place, and a couple free stickers!
If you can give, I recommend it. Critical need time!
I give platelets every two weeks. Thanks for taking the time to do this
Deborah, that’s awesome! That’s for your comments, and for giving platelets 🙂