Tag: blood
New Mom Saved With Local Blood
When you donate blood, you don’t get the chance to know where it actually ends up. Generally speaking, donors aren’t doing it for the glory…the reward is the warm, fuzzy […]
Gay or Straight, Give Blood In Style
As a design-savvy Portlander, I’m a little ashamed to admit that I’ve never been inside the Jupiter Hotel. The good news is that you can check it out next week, […]
Where will our blood go?
So this is why our Blog Off entry was posted so late today. Lise and I were giving blood at the Family and Friends blood drive this morning, and it […]
I (Barely) Survived Blood Donation!
After all my talk about giving blood, you might be wondering how my experience went. First. it took a LONG time. We went down at 10:30 a.m. and barely were […]
Giving Blood For The First Time In 8 Years
Today at around 10:45 a.m., I’ll donate blood for the first time in more than eight years. If you’ve read my story, you already know about the problems I’ve had […]
Biffle’s Captors Demand More Blood Donors!
Just before Lise left work today she found yet another ransom note taped to her door! It says “Greg couldn’t pose for this photo. He’s feeling a little water blogged […]
Biffle’s Life Hangs In The Balance
Okay, the kidnapper is getting a little testy. This time, he/she has hoisted Greg Biffle [‘s lifesize cardboard cutout] up to the tip top of the Fremont Bridge. And then […]
I Work For The Red Cross And I Don’t Give Blood
Or at least I haven’t in eight years. There’s not really any good reason for this, other than that I kept having such a hard time giving that I decided […]
Give ‘Til It Hurts: SAW V Blood Drive
A few years ago, I saw a midnight movie at the Sundance Film Festival. The premise was good — two men are locked in a room with a dead body, […]
Rock on, local teens!
Big props to our local high schoolers! They’re big news on OregonLive today because they donated blood in record numbers this year: 7,941 pints of blood, an 11.8 percent increase from […]