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  • THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1977 Giving blood More than just filling a plastic bag Numerous times throughout the year, the National Red Cross conducts a campus-wide blood drive. Their goal is simple: to get enough blood to keep the blood banks from going dry, resulting in unnecessary deaths. The blood drive yesterday was part of a constant, continuous effort to save human life. When the Red Cross had bloodmobiles at WCU during my first year, my attitude was one of "well I'll try to get to it, but if I don't it won't really matter..." I finally did go, but was deferred as I had a rash on my arm. Being rejected made me feel a little dejected, but I was determined next time I was going to give blood no matter what. Eventually I got my chance. The butterflies were giving me fits and my pulse rate felt like it was over one hundred. But, I stood in line patiently waiting to see what it would feel like to donate a pint of that marvelous red fluid that keeps you, me, and everybody else alive. The first thing that happens to you is as painless as everything else that happens. You're asked to give information concerning your home residence, age, weight, etc. Next, you go to your first medical check. This involves questions about past and present medical conditions. Most of the questions are concerned with relatively rare diseases. If you have been recently exposed to typhoid, hepatitis, or rheumatic fever, you might have cause for concern. Other than that, you've got very little to worry about. These questions are designed to assure you are fit to give blood; they are not designed to determine whether your blood is good enough to accept. The Red Cross is as anxious to get your blood as you are to give it. Secondly, a medical test is performed to determine your pulse rate, blood pressure, and finally your hemoglobin content. Blood from a painless prick in your ear is tested in a copper sulfate solution to see If your hemoglobin is safe enough to let you give blood. This is the last test; if you pass this test, you have only to wait your turn with the registered nurse. Finally, it's your time to sit on one of the cots. The plastic bag, given to you after completing the medical check, must now be given to the nurse who will be responsible for seeing the needle is properly inserted into your vein. Some advice, which might be well heeded, is to ignore the nurse as he/she is sticking the needle into your arm. There is a slight stinging and possible discomfort, but the time involved in having the needle in your arm is very short. After a few minutes, the plastic bag is full and will have countered the weight which determines when the bag is full. AOOMNCSTWF After the bag and the sample tubes are filled, your next move is to a table, assisted by one of the people helping to make sure you don't injure yourself by falling or fainting, where cookies and liquids are served as long as you request them. You will be advised to drink as much liquid as you can for the rest of the day; it will take almost two weeks to replenish the blood you have donated. But, it is not the factual things you will remember. What you will recall is the strange feeling of satisfaction by giving one of the most basic elements of your existence to be used by someone else to preserve their existence. It is not everyday one is given the chance to help save another's life. By giving blood, you may never know who you might have helped, but the feeling of having contributed will stay. When you see the "Help Wanted" signs, don't just walk by, consider what that one pint of blood might do for a fellow human being; it just might save a life. You may never know it, but at least you can feel confident that you have done as much as you passively can to see that someone, not much different from you, will have enough of that 'precious red fluid" to survive surgery, an accident, or anything else that could possible require a transfusion. When the Red Cross calls, give of yourself. You'll be surprised at the new perspective of life you'll acquire. EDITOR Donors gave blood in the Baptist Student Union. OH. SOU DAMN SOUTHERN > Photo by David Lees VNCWViela^g f ANtUOsiOfO/1 -0?O(MT6MSe\ EDITOR-IN-CHIEF C. R. Eichhorn, Jr. BUSINESS MANAGER David Curtis TheVfester n Carolinian VOICE OF THE STUDENTS NEWS EDITOR A. E. Brown, Jr. STAFF ARTIST Charlie Lawing PHOTO EDITORS David Lees Hughs Grogan FACULTY ADVISOR Gerald Schwartz STAFF WRITERS John Burson David Jackson Cee Jay uarpemer A. E. Brown, Jr. ADVERTISING Tim Starling PRODUCTION STAFF Karen Ray Charlie Lawing Roger Stoop Bill Hawkins
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The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University’s student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolin...

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