Thanks Joel and Adam! I just checked my Guestbook and saw your thoughts about donating my own blood should a transfusion be needed during surgery.
Again, ...Read more
Thanks Joel and Adam! I just checked my Guestbook and saw your thoughts about donating my own blood should a transfusion be needed during surgery.
Again, thanks for your help!
Amanda
Ok. So, I'm really starting to get ready for aortic valve surgery now.
One of the many questions I'm dealing with now is all about blood banking???
I'm reading ...Read more
Ok. So, I'm really starting to get ready for aortic valve surgery now.
One of the many questions I'm dealing with now is all about blood banking???
I'm reading up that now, more than ever (swine flu, low levels of good blood), patients are donating their own blood just in case a transfusion is needed.
I guess it's not really a big deal. I've just never given blood before. Oh well, I've never had heart surgery either. Time to try new stuff, right?
Bye for now!
Amanda