[tri-med] Re: Blood Donation

> anesthesiologist, he strongly recommends Brianna NOT donating her own 
> blood. He
> says that would deplete her iron too drastically and she'd need to come in

> for
> shots 3X a week before surgery to try to bring it back up. He said that 
> there
> is no reason not to use donor blood these days. I still feel like if Bri 
> does
> not bank her own blood that my husband or myself should donate it?
> .......anyone else dealt with this issue? Thanks..


Is there a big chance that she will need blood?  The reason I ask is that we
rarely transfuse people unless they are symptomatic, even with a hemoglobin
of 70 , so unless there is a great chance she will need a transfusion I
would not worry about it.

Susan mom to Rebecca t18m 06/06/91 - 05/02/06 and Mark age 14 1/2 ADD/LD


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