DD (18) gave her 5th pint today. She hadn't planned to. In fact she got back from 3 weeks travelling at about 2am then woke at 10am to four increasingly urgent messages from the blood service.
It's only 8 weeks since she last donated and it should usually be 16 week gap but they're desperate for stock and they're likely to ask her back again in 8 weeks.
DD has ro subtypes in her blood. This means her blood can be used to treat sickle cell anemia but only 2% of doners have it. DD is white but the ro subtypes are 10 times more likely to occur in people of Afro Caribbean origin.
I can not give blood for medical reasons or I'd have been rolling up my sleeves today but if you can do it please do.
RO subtypes