Hey! If any one needs blood here I am!
We just finished blood typing in Physiology Lab and it has been confirmed that I am indeed O+.
As it has been explained, this means that I can give anybody my blood and I can have children (someday) without my blood attacking theirs. Delightful!
My lab partner (also a homeschooler) had O+ blood as well. It must be a homeschooler thing....
Noticing the rich red color of the clumped Rh antibody-attacked liquid, Stephanie commented that she'd like to paint her room that color. I immediately jumped away.... but I will accede that it was a beautiful color. I just wish we could look at it under the microscope.
Dr. Norris poked my finger for me. I don't know what is wrong with me but I've never been able to poke my finger for blood typing. I can poke other people. I can give shots to goats without a hesitation. I can even poke myself with needles and pins without a second thought. But I can't bring myself to use the lancet on myself. Ah, Well. Let's hope I never need an epi-pen or get diabetes or some other condition where I have to "needle" myself.
As an aside, I *adore* Dr. Norris. She has the strangest, dryest sense of humor I've ever encountered, besides being politically incorrect on purpose. Her best comment today was that a Dr. who would overlook Rh factor when giving a patient pregnancy counseling ,
"isn't worth his weight in salt!"
[I'm thinking that this is a cross between "worth his salt" and "worth his weight in gold"]
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Yuck!!!! And yet kinda interestin'.
I thought O neg was universal donor....and not universal receiver. I can not receive O positive for instance. Ask you Mom or Dad.....
Yes, I mis-heard, mis-remembered or some such detail. :|
Ahem. I was mistaken. O- is universal donor, not O+. Forget getting blood from me.......But at least the "unattacking" part is true.
Ok. I actually was hopeful when I read your post that I found someone else with o- but actually I am raising a whole herd of them. Martin is the only one who does not have O- besides his dad. We are Ohhhhhh negative...... ;o)
Yay! O-!!! Hehehe. I can save you but you can't save me! Ha!
Hmmm. Would you save me if you had the opportunity? Or would you just let that pesty Sarah bleed to death? ;-)
I almost want to try just to see what you'd do...then again, I'd rather not go through the pain. :)
I'll just trust Anan's good character to be selfsacrificing.
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