I gave blood today. My long-time Oklahoma Blood Institute phlebotomist Tina took my unit, but not before inadvertently getting a “bad stat,” which is phlebotomist slang meaning that the hemostat on my line didn’t stay clamped, allowing blood and air to mix. The result was that she had to re-stick me in the other arm. The resultant double-bandage arrangement has led me to tell the unsuspecting that I donated blood twice today.
For years I donated plasma at OBI, but they don’t have a plasma machine in Ada any more, so i just gave whole blood. In addition to the standard free t-shirt, the donation also garnered me two free Oklahoma Zoo passes, which is great since Abby loves the zoo so much.
I donated today in the name of Ralph Milligan, who was Abby’s bother-in-law for 23 years. Ralph has a serious health concern and receives frequent transfusions, so if you live in Oklahoma, please consider donating in his name, which results in reduced cost of blood products for him.

Just so you know, unlike facebook, (no pun intended), I can’t see replies and read comments on your blog unless I manually come back here. I prefer to simply click on a link that notifies me of updates. Also you really need a share with fb link on here too. And where are those vintage OU football pictures??
I don’t even have a spleen. All I gots is name that rhymes with spleen.
” I can’t see replies and read comments on your blog unless I manually come back here.”
Not true. If you use an RSS Feed program (or your browser will follow RSS), you will be informed about any new comments or posts. To use it, click on the “Entries RSS | Comments RSS” at the top of the page.
A good tutorial for using RSS is here…
http://www.digitaltrends.com/how-to/how-to-use-rss/