Husband does, both stepsons do, they turn daughters and myself away (not enough iron) and let me tell you, in our household that definitely puts us on the lower end of the giving skill. We make it up by donating money and making really nice meals for those who DO donate.

They actually took mine last time–but not my daughter’s. It’s a bit tough on us females, because it’s hard to keep our iron up enough. I hope she is feeling better. Ice cream is good medicine (but good chocolate is better.)

No coincidences. But kudos to the ice-cream-bringer.

I too have the iron problem. I haven’t tried in a while… but FIL gives almost to the day, every time he can.

Thanks for good friends, and good medicine.

Ice cream is good; chocolate ice cream is better!

I should have gone last week, but a pint of blood filled with cold viruses would have been pretty undesirable! But they do a drive every two weeks about three blocks from my house, so I’ll try again. Lucky it’s so often, as I too flunk the iron test a lot of the time!

So nice that the ice-cream follow-up care found its way! (It’s got to be hard for the daddy to be so far away from baby’s local ER and ice-cream parlour.)

I wish that I could donate blood… but I certainly can wish for enough ice-cream vendors to soothe away one’s fears!

What with knee surgery, receiving two units, looking at more knee surgery and more units, not to mention borderline anemia in which I spend more time south of the border, well, I don’t donate. However, I give to the Red Cross and make up crazy posters that somehow no one uses . . . perhaps it was the Dracula poster that said, “Please donate to the Red Cross, or I will see that you donate to ME!”

I have given and gotten blood. They have saved my life a couple of times, now I root family members on who can,now my blood has to many left over chemicals from chemo and radiation to give.

Oh, I wish I could give blood, but “they” won’t allow me since they don’t want my blood… Unfortunately I have the opposite from your son, a genetic disorder that makes my blood clot more easily. I hope he’s better now!