Ode to Lane Memorial Blood Bank

Some of the things I've done at LMBB...

• Called donors and asked them to donate
• Registered donors as they entered the blood center
• Printed Calling Lists, and entered calling information into Alpha-Micro
• Prepared gifts for volunteers and multiple time donors
• Registered donors on bloodmobiles
• Ate nearly all the donor refreshments at the Bethesda Lutheran BMB
• Ate lunch in the Sony cafeteria ;)
• Entered every donation and credit every night in a computer system older than me for 6 mos.
• Got to know Keith, the janitor and Dan the on-call relief courier
• Logged billing information for unnamed newborns, and cancer patients whose names often appeared in Register Guard obituaries
• Donated Blood
• Been deferred
• Wrote thank you cards to new donors
• Been involved in a car accident while on the BMB
• Prepared letters to inform donors they could never donate again
• Prepared letters to inform donors they had an incurable disease
• Reported blood product deviations to the FDA
• Confirmed every relevant deferral from Alpha Micro transferred to BBCS
• Scheduled bloodmobile visits
• Prepared Bloodmobile trip sheets
• Wrote thank you letters to bloodmobile coordinators
• Reported crummy bloodmobile collections at customer service meetings
• Processed and delivered tubes to take to the airport
• Moved into the blood bank for 18 months
• Learned to turn off the fire alarm
• Woke up to the security alarm...3 times
• Set off the security alarm...2 times
• Unintentionally learned RFI's 1-800 number by heart
• Initiated the creation of the 3rd on-call courier position
• Learned to hula with platelets
• Delivered Blood to the Register Guard at midnight
• Delivered Blood to the State Police for a gunshot wound victim in Florence
• Delivered irradiated blood to McKenzie Willamette Hospital in the middle of the
  night
• Picked up blood for OML at 3am from the downtown Greyhound station....3 nights in a row
• Took samples from APH units to monitor for bacterial contamination
• Took samples from APH units for platelet counts
• Caused APH units to be discarded
• Caused an RBC and platelet to be discarded
• Been threatened by a father whose daughter passed out in the shower after donating
• Informed Blood Bank of Hawaii we "can't spare 50 random platelet units"
• Been called by PSBC at 4am on a Sunday to inform me that BBCS will be offline for a half hour, and to ask that I "let everyone know"
• Ate more than my fair share of cookies
• Changed titles 6 times
• Learned why I'm proud to be a part of Lane Memorial Blood Bank Learned how important
• Lane Memorial Blood Bank is to the Lane County Community

www.lmbb.org

The Contender

Had a beautiful time driving yesterday with my sisters. We sang all our favorite old car songs, and Tecie pointed out Freightliners. ;)

Easter Dinner today at Jerry and Judy's was fun. Jim's working.

I thought boxing was an awful sport...but the contender's totally converted me.

Lindy Land

Last night was way too much fun for someone with holes in her head. :) I drove up to Portland and Tecie and I bought SHOES, ate at the MELTING POT, and went LINDY HOPPIN'. Then I drove home and woke up with a throbbing jaw. But it was way fun. I have to do that again sometime when I can dance for more than an hour and a half.

The next day

And the next day she contemplated driving to Portland to visit her sister for dinner. But only if she can go without heavy painkillers. I think it's possible. We'll see how I'm doing around 2.

Holes in my head

Well...they gave me a little baggie and in it has 4 large teeth, one's in chunks. They're very...um...sharp looking.

As for the anesthesia, yeah, I threw up. It's not pretty when there's blood and bial all over the dentist's chair. But my mom gave me popsicles and tapioca, and jello, yogurt, canned pears and soda. But I really want a steak. Mm... Steak. Or maybe like something not sweet. Rice? Can I eat rice? What about luke warm mashed potatoes?

Vegetables? Protein?

Codine and sweets.

What is happening?

Facebook is total stalker material.

I need school.

Or a job.

But not my wisdom teeth out on Wednesday morning.

Matt, Jim, Me 

I spend too much time with my dog. 

Mike...the spiritually fulfilled English Labrador. 

This is to certify that this loo is an award winner. Tower of London. 

On the first day there was blog

Someday, hopefully in September, Jim and I will actually get to begin our peace corps service. I'm starting to wonder if I will actually want to go by the time it happens. I'm growing dependent on shopping and the internet. Maybe I'll have internet...maybe I'll have shopping...just not money.

I can be poor.