This week is going to be an exciting one for all involved with the Miss South Carolina Organization! Beginning this Friday, the Miss South Carolina and Miss South Carolina Teen Class of 2012 will be all together for the first time for Workshop Weekend! I can't wait to meet all of the wonderful women who are competing for the titles this year and spend time getting to know each other. This is what this organization is all about! Making new friends, branching out, and sharing our stories is something I am looking forward to. Not only that, but we will learn of the logistics for the pageant this summer as well as many more exciting things! Needless to say, I can't wait for this weekend to roll around, but before all of that, we can't forget that it is still National American Red Cross Month and continue with our tradition of fun facts and blood drive announcements!
Yesterday's fact was in regards to the blood type that was the universal donor. Now, I wanted to share something else with you in regards to that same type of issue that I found interesting. Even though O Negative is the universal blood donor, blood type AB Positive and AB Negative are the universal plasma donors. Why do you ask? Well, it has to do with the antibodies in the plasma. Type AB blood has neither the A nor B antibodies in the plasma, so it can be transfused to someone with any blood type. Another interesting fact about type AB blood is that those that have that type are universal recipients. They can receive any type of blood as a blood transfusion. Just like the universal blood donor, the universal plasma donor is also used for patients in need of massive transfusions or newborn babies with their blood types not yet identified.
Just as a reminder, you have other options than just a whole blood donation! You can donate just different blood components, such as plasma, through the type of donation called apheresis. Most fixed donation centers offer that type of blood donation each day in addition to the whole blood donation option, as well as some mobile blood drives. Whether or not a blood drive or center you are interested in does can be determined using the official American Red Cross Website (the link is provided on the side of this page). With that said, here are tomorrow's (March 20th) blood drives in South Carolina:*
Mt. Hebron United Methodist Church- West Columbia
Johnsonville High School- Johnsonville
*All dates and locations were obtained via the official Red Cross website.
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