Mortaine’s Blog

Blood donation appointment. Tomorrow at 4:15 PM. Go pick up John’s dad at the airport afterwards.

The blood donation appointment lady was like “Eee! You’re a baby donor!” when I called to make the appointment.

My last donation was sometime in July, I think, but it was apheresis, so I can donate whole blood now. And I want to donate whole blood– I don’t do that nearly often enough.

Also, a reminder: blood supplies are again critically low, so if you can donate and you haven’t done so in a while, now would be a good time. There’s a disaster in the US right now, and end-of-summer traffic accidents usually deplete supply anyway. Blood supplies need to get replenished so we won’t be in critical demand all the way until Christmas.

Though, if you’re a Sept. 11th donor (someone who makes a point to donate on Sept. 11), you might be tempted to wait the extra 2 weeks until then. But I’ll point out that Sept. 11 is a Sunday this year, so you might have trouble finding a convenient drive in your area. Better to donate this week, and then you can be all smug at the 9/11 donors and say “oh, well, I donated 2 weeks ago….”

Or any other knowledgeable animal-workers or Louisianites.

I have $30 sitting in PayPal from the July “my cat was on fire” debacle. It is earmarked for an appropriate animal charity.

So.

Hurricane Katrina can’t have been good for some animals.

Where does one donate $$ to be used specifically for animal evacuations/treatment/rehoming in a disaster?

Thanks in advance!