This month our country celebrates those who donate blood during National Blood Donor Month. This got me thinking about my experiences with blood donation. I donate blood when I can—but often the techs turn me away. After registering and going through the health history and mini-physical, the tech does a… Read more“Meet the Ultimate Blood Donor”
Tag: Caregiver breakdown
Purple T-Shirts and Folgers Make Me Cry
Purple Tears I don’t cry pretty. When my eyes leak, snot immediately oozes from my nose in sudden sympathy and I’m mess within seconds. Which explains why I had to turn the vehicle off onto a side road that crisp Saturday morning whilst driving down the Silverado Trail in Napa,… Read more“Purple T-Shirts and Folgers Make Me Cry”
Caregiver Burnout: Words that Break Us
Pedro was ‘circling the drain’—his life hung in the balance and no one knew for sure how to stop the infections that waged war on his chemo-weakened body. The doctors had started using drugs they thought might work, and spending long minutes sitting on his bed, staring at him (it’s… Read more“Caregiver Burnout: Words that Break Us”
