Yesterday

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We certainly kept cool. We were gone for the entire later afternoon, like 1:30 to 6:30. Bob and I each had blood donation appointments and we rode in together. However my appointment, which was for double units of red blood cells was at 2:15. His appointment for whole blood was at 4:45. They were still running right on time for my appointment, but by the time his came around they were 45 minutes late. Power reds or double reds, plus platelets and plasma are all done by apheresis. The remove your blood, harvest what they want and send the remainder back plus saline to make up the volume. It took roughly and hour. Whole blood, which is what Bob donates almost takes longer to set up than to collect the whole blood. They fed us--sloppy joes, snacks, cupcakes, beverages, chips. No cooking for me last night. Of course Bob was pleased to have pickles as well. While I waited for Bob I had a chance to visit with others, and that was also nice. Pedro was outside and no where to be found when we left. When we got back he was waiting for us, saying "Where were you?" A youth organization from the high school has been given the opportunity to earn points towards scholarships by volunteering, and this is their first time. It was nice seeing the young faces all around.