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Guy
In 1989, my wife entered the operating room for an emergency C-section for our second son. There were complications with the surgery and my wife spent the next 6 hours on the table fighting for her life.
Due to these complications, they could not stabilize her blood pressure and she went through 28 pints of blood. They finally had to do an emergency hysterectomy to stop the bleeding.
I was and have been thankful since for the 28 people who had donated previously to save my wife's life so she has been able to enjoy our sons for the past 32 years.
I try to donate blood 4 times per year, and it took me over 7 years to replace the blood my wife went through in 6 hours.