Lorna Dean Posted October 13, 2020 Report Share Posted October 13, 2020 We need two O Negative blood donors for a patient who has already received blood during surgery. The requested donations are to replace the blood at the blood bank. The biggest restriction is that donors must be age 18-65 and be quite healthy. But there is an extensive list of specific requirements for donors that is too long to post here. It covers medications, diseases, surgery, dental work, alcohol and drugs, sometimes with specific waiting periods. You would be donating for a specific patient. If you are O Negative, age 65 or under, and willing to go to Hospital Country 2000 in Guadalajara to donate blood, please contact Lynn Cleek dcokiemex@gmail.com (331) 700-4431 for the list of requirements, address and arrangements.. Specify if you want the translated English list or the Spanish brochure. Friends of the patient will pay for a driver to take a qualified donor to Guadalajara, if needed. It is about an 1 ½ hour trip each way and it takes 2-3 hours for the blood donation. Thank you for considering this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted October 13, 2020 Report Share Posted October 13, 2020 The biggest problem is not the age in your case but the type of blood . O negative is rare in Mexco. The same happened to us when my husband got surgery and we did not find any O negative.. then the next problem is that they turn down a lot of people who could donate but have health problem. are anemic, have high blood sugarc and on and on.. Good luck to you. t was the same blood bank we owed blood too.. then they turned down the O positive people because they had too many of them ,so we gave up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeside7 Posted October 13, 2020 Report Share Posted October 13, 2020 Perhaps SAH or Cruz Roja can help with a possible source, best wishes for your friend and finding a supply 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorna Dean Posted October 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2020 23 hours ago, bmh said: The biggest problem is not the age in your case but the type of blood . O negative is rare in Mexco. The same happened to us when my husband got surgery and we did not find any O negative.. then the next problem is that they turn down a lot of people who could donate but have health problem. are anemic, have high blood sugarc and on and on.. Good luck to you. t was the same blood bank we owed blood too.. then they turned down the O positive people because they had too many of them ,so we gave up. I am glad to hear your experience. Initially we were told three O negative OR two O negative and one O positive donor were acceptable. A young Mexican friend who was O positive went to the Country 2000 blood bank this morning. Initially she was turned down because she was O positive. We were shocked because we thought we were complying with their request. Then the blood bank staff reconsidered and said they would take her. Then she was turned down again because some “blood level” was too low. The patient has two gringo friends who are O negative, but of course, they are too old. I am surprised the blood bank does not accept any type of blood they can get, but maybe they do not have the storage facilities. I asked the blood bank what would happen if we could not get suitable donors, and I was told that the patient would be charged for the blood transfusion service, but not for the blood, regardless of whether we found donors or not. I gather nothing happened when you gave up on providing donors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted October 14, 2020 Report Share Posted October 14, 2020 yes nothing happens if you do not give,, All the people we sent were turned down and none were o negative and that was the end of it.. They do not want o positive, that was our experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie Posted October 15, 2020 Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 Can someone explain the reasoning behind not accepting blood from those over 65 if perfectly healthy? Can one pre-donate your own blood in advance of surgery? Are there age limits in the US or other countries? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted October 15, 2020 Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 yes there is a age limit in other countries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtnMama Posted October 15, 2020 Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 I was told years ago (can't remember by who) that some hospitals will accept older donors, but they don't make that public knowledge. Do check with Cruz Roja - I know they had a list of possible donors but I don't know the current status. LCS was considering maintaining a list as well so check with them as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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