Originally posted by pmsmom
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I'm not 100% sure what the problem is with Carolyn's blood but it doesn't flow very easily. LOL! I always knew her fingers tend to be cold & I used to joke that she had no blood circulation to her fingers...now I'm thinking that is more accurate! Plus, she clots super fast. I know in the past at our regular doctor office they barely got any blood with just a finger prick but we didn't think much of it.
Then when she went to give the blood work for her pre-op -- they couldn't get it flowing enough to get her a vial full much less 2 or 3. She had to make arm circles, they put a warm compress on it it, put her arm down to use gravity and basically the lab tech was using EVERY technique in the book to try to just get the blood going enough to get it flowing enough to fill the vials. She did eventually get all the vials she needed but it was WORK. It was a production and it watching that, I was SO glad that it worked out we couldn't donate. I really don't think she would have physically been able to do it.
Carolyn has never been diagnoised with anything for this and I know you always hear about people who have the problem of not clotting but I never thought the opposite could be a problem.
Also, after this Carolyn herself said "now I know I physically can't donate blood even if I were the right weight". I'm sure if it they absolutely HAD to get her blood for whatever reason, they would figure out a way but giving blood won't be something she voluntarily does due to knowing how difficult it is.
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