{"id":14483,"date":"2009-04-08T10:08:45","date_gmt":"2009-04-08T16:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=14483"},"modified":"2009-04-08T10:07:55","modified_gmt":"2009-04-08T16:07:55","slug":"blood-so-much-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/04\/08\/blood-so-much-blood.html","title":{"rendered":"Blood … so … much … blood …"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Donated blood today — my civic\/social duty, plus the convenience of having the Bonfils folks coming to the office and scheduling stuff that way cannot be underestimated.<\/p>\n

All vitals were okay — pulse 56, BP 118\/72, hemocrit 47. No new embarrassing questions on the screening list (though I did once use Accutane, it was thirty years ago, so no worries, and my trip overseas was not to either Korea).<\/p>\n

Filled the bag in 5:36, though there was a delay while she wiggled the needle a bit to get it into the blood vessel.<\/p>\n

Sounds like a good excuse for a red, juicy steak tonight! Though I may ignore their injunction not to drink alcohol for the next 24 hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Donated blood today — my civic\/social duty, plus the convenience of having the Bonfils folks coming to the office and scheduling stuff that way cannot be underestimated. All vitals were okay — pulse 56, BP 118\/72, hemocrit 47. 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