Should non-organ donors be considered as human?

Should non-organ donors be considered as human?

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BucklySuckly said:
Pastor PIMP will not denounce the well known racist Chopped Liver AKA 2nd son as the racist he is. The pastor has run away rather than call out his racist pal a racist as we all know him to be..
This is not over...
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Awww!

The faggot negro also lets me live RENT FREE in that tiny widdle brain of its.

How special!
 
Threedee said:
I'm a pint shy of 5 gallons of blood donated to Bloodworks Northwest, so I've got that going for me...
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I, too, am a donor and I'm one pint shy of the "Three Gallon Club" at the San Bernardino blood donor center.

I don't donate pints anymore and haven't for quite some time.

I'm an Apheresis donor and have to sit there for almost two hours watching DVD videos.

Maybe buckieBOY will send some kudos my way.

Apheresis – A Special Kind of Blood Donation

Many hospital patients need platelet transfusions on their road to recovery and the American Red Cross offers a different type of blood donation for people to help them.

If you know someone who has battled cancer; someone who has been seriously injured; someone who has needed open heart surgery, chances are they needed platelets during their treatment to help them recover. Platelets aid in clotting to prevent or stop bleeding. The Red Cross can collect platelets during a special type of blood donation – apheresis - that allows a specific part of the blood to be collected from a volunteer donor.

Some medical treatments can cause a patient’s platelet level to drop. When platelet levels fall too low, patients are given a transfusion of platelets to replenish their supply and prevent life-threatening hemorrhages. Patients who have had a bone marrow transplant or who are being treated for leukemia may require daily platelet transfusions for several weeks.

Apheresis platelet donors are a special and dedicated group. They give two hours of their time to help patients in need, sometimes as often as every two weeks. Platelets can also be processed from a regular whole blood donation, but an adequate dose requires that multiple donations be pooled from many donors. Most patients who need platelets have weakened immune systems and a platelet dose from a single apheresis donor is preferred by many physicians.

During a platelet donation, a small portion of the donor’s blood is drawn and passed through a sophisticated cell-separating machine. The machine collects the platelets and safely returns the remaining blood components, along with some saline, back to the donor. Afterward, the donor can resume normal activities, being careful to avoid heavy lifting or strenuous exercise that day.

Because platelets can be stored for only five days, there is always a need for more apheresis donors. The Red Cross is grateful to people who give platelets and encourages whole blood donors to try taking their donation experience to the next level. For more information about donating platelets, or to make an appointment to be an apheresis donor, visit the platelet donation section of redcrossblood.org.

http://www.redcross.org/news/article/Apheresis--A-Special-Kind-of-Blood-Donation
 
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