The Lifesaving Power of Blood Donation

“Good evening ma’am, are you the mother of Jane Doe?” says a police officer curiously. A mother with a frightened voice squeaks out, “Y-y-yes, officer.” Which he depressingly responds, “I’m sorry to tell you Mrs. Doe, but your daughter has been in a serious car accident. A drunk driver crossed the center line, hitting her head-on at sixty miles-per-hour. She is on her way to St. Mary’s hospital, so she can receive blood and get some tests done. She has lost a lot of blood.” The mother in shock cries a not-so-grateful thanks, hangs up the phone, and drives to the hospital. There seventeen-year-old Jane Doe is luckily doing fine. She has an IV hooked up replenishing the lost blood. It’s her second bag. The daughter and mother should be grateful for the daughter’s life. They should especially be thankful for those two pints of blood she received. A gift from donors, made to save people like Jane Doe. Although this story isn’t real, it is a scenario that shows the need for blood donation. Blood donation is a gift that every person should give in order to help others in his or her community. Although Jane Doe may not have been a real person, Angel Cruz is a real person with a need for blood donation. In the article

What do these people want? Simple, money. It isn’t about giving the ultimate gift, the gift of life. No, it is all about the twenty-five dollars to sixty dollars a person gets paid to donate. After all, donating plasma and donating blood are extremely similar in the process in which they are accomplished (How…). However, blood his more desirable and used more than plasma (Birkelo). The fact that people are more willing to sell plasma, rather than donate whole blood says a lot about society. Some of the people don’t think about their fellow neighbors, they think and care more about themselves and their financial