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January 27, 2005

By Neil | January 27, 2005

Friends of Sam,
Sam may need blood and MORE IMPORTANTLY, platelet donations sooner, rather than later. If you’d like to help, please read through the following:(information on donation centers can be found under the ‘donate blood link’)
1. Sam is O+ which means that he can accept blood/platelets from both O+ and O- since O is the Universal Donor
2. EVEN IF YOU’RE NOT Type O, please donate and ask people to donate since if you donate in Sam’s name, he gets a credit. Not sure what that means yet but as soon as I know, you’ll know.
3. We will be setting something up with the San Diego Blood Bank tomorrow (Friday) so if you donate in Sam’s name prior to me giving all-clear, they may not know who he is.
4. IRON is very important so if you have low-iron it may be an issue but I do think they check your iron count
5. Chemo, if it starts Monday/Tuesday, will probably require PLATELETS by Thursday/Friday and platelets have a short-shelf life of 3 days, I think.
6. Blood – probably won’t need that until 10 to 14 days out but they can store it for 30 days
Sam is beginning to eat a bit and is in great spirits. I love the boy with all my heart and I know you do also. Thanks so much for everything and I think I need to develop a code word that means “thanks infinity” since that’s how much you have touched our family.
This will be a long fight; the protocol is a year; we will have ups-downs and for Team Sam to be with us for that length of time is extraordinary.
God bless and thanks infinity.

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