WIFE DECIDES TO FIND OUT THE PERSON WHO DONATED HER BLOOD, ENDS UP DISCOVERING SOMETHING AMAZING

 


Lian and Lin are a happily married couple. They had never felt so open and happy with each other. Lin’s husband would always make a joke about the blood donation she had received many years ago that led to an investigation by the woman. She was curious to know who donated her blood. Consequently, she headed to the hospital only to get an unexpected revelation.

Started As A Joke

Lin who was tired of her husband’s remarks eventually decides to find out where was her life-saving transfusion sourced from. Not a single day went by when her husband Lian would not make jokes on it. It was only because of his constant wisecracks a curiosity evoked in her. She too wanted to know whose blood was running inside her. 

Six Decades Ago

Lin and Lian met six years ago. They call it a first sight love as they felt an instant connection with each other.  Since then they had committed themselves to each other. Even though six years had passed by, they were still in love with each other.

Approaching Hospital

Lin had made up her mind. She headed to Taiwan’s medical authorities the very next day. The center might help her in discovering who had given her blood. The woman had no idea that she was about to discover an amazing thing that remained unnoticed for a long time.  

Process For Donation

While donating blood is a noble cause, it is necessary for all donors to have a full examination of their health. They should also go strict physical assessment. It is only after all these check-ups and assessments, about one pint of blood is collected from them. Some of them are collected in test tubes to send for further tests. In return of that, a donor gets an identification number that gets them their gift for doing such heroic work.   

Packed Separately

It is after all this, the blood is taken for further use. All details are checked carefully before that. Many of those samples are used to differentiate between plasma, platelets, and red cells. Thereafter, each component is packed separately to make distinct units. These units are taken in use when doctors prescribe them for blood transfusion.         

Healthy Or Not

Before instilling it into the body of a patient, the experts run it through many other testings to check if it is still free of infectious diseases or not. Although it happens rarely, if the substance by any chance happens to be not fit, they discard it immediately. Also, the donors are also kept in the loop about the development. On the other hand, if the blood remains healthy then it is stored and labeled. They use the sample when the need arrives.      

Shelf Life varies

One point to be noted here is that the blood product’s shelf life varies. If we go by the Red Cross, one can keep red cells at 42.8 °F for about 42 days. As far as the platelets are concerned then it should be stored at room temperature in agitators. They can be kept only for five days. But the same is not with Cyro ad plasma. They can be kept frozen for about 12 months.   

Always In Demand

The demand for blood never stops in hospitals. That is why these medical institutions have a stock of blood products. Sometimes, there is a high demand for blood. It happens when someone meets with a fatal accident resulting in heavy loss of blood. It is then blood is disseminated to the patient when and as needed by the hospital.       

The Accident

Lin had met with a car accident about 11 years ago. The car crash left her heavily injured. Doctors had to treat her with 10 pints of blood and about a couple of isolated platelets. Thanks to the immediate medical attention, the woman recuperated rapidly. However, she was suffering from bleeding disorder and needed more blood donations.

Kept Confidential

Notably, the process of blood donation is kept highly confidential. So when Lin asked the authorities for the revelation of her blood donor, they did not tell her. She asked them many times but they remained tight-lipped. However, she was too determined to give up. 

Another Try

She decided to try her luck again. Lin approached the authorities again and told them her urgency. Eventually, the authorities had to drop some hints. Lin would have never imagined in her wildest dream what was coming her way.    

Man From Hometown

The first thing that they told her was that the person who had donated her blood was from her hometown only, Hsinchu. This was just the beginning of surprises that she was going to get. they told her another astonishing fact.

Rushing Back Home

The woman rushed home after hearing what doctors told her. She rummaged through files tucked in drawers and got her hand on a paper. The paper had Lian’s donor identification number. What was she going to do with that? You’ll find out soon…..

It’s A Match

Then, she took out her transfusion and matched both the number. It did match. She could not believe what was she seeing. She cross-checked if she had made any mistake. And then she waited for her husband to come so that she could surprise him with this.

Felt Surprised

Lin reminisces, “When they told me it was a Mr. Lian from Hsinchu, I felt surprised.” So the man who had donated blood to her was none other than her own husband. Now it was something that she had not anticipated.

What Lian Says

Lin crosschecked with them. It was Lian only. She went up to him and told her about the assurances she had that day. Well, it was a surprise for Lian too. He himself had never anticipated it to be this surprising. 

Doctors In Disbelief

When Lin told the hospital staff about this strange coincidence, they too got surprised. Life indeed has its own way of playing tricks. Lian would have never imagined that his blood one day would be used in saving the life of his wife. It doesn’t happen every day. 

Someone In Need

Lian had made the blood donation about seven years before he met Lin. He did this noble task to help someone in need. Little did he know, the blood he was donating that day would help his better half in surviving that tragedy. He gave her life.

Helping Her Unknowingly

  Lian who was already amazed began to feel happy that his one good deed helped her wife getting out of that tragedy. “I urge everyone to donate blood because there is a chance [that you could] save your future wife.”

Not For Lin

However, Lin cannot donate blood as she herself is a beneficiary of it. However, that does not hamper her from encouraging her friends and family members to donate blood. After all who could know the importance of blood transfusion better than her  Now she was more in love with her husband.  

Giving Life

Blood donors are those saviors who never find out who they have saved. Their selfless act becomes the reason for someone’s revival. The half an hour they spend in the donation of the blood holds the capability of extending someone life to many years.   

A Fairytale

Isn’t it more like a fairytale? Well, this is difficult to believe that incidents of this sort actually happen. In those tales, we have seen a prince saving the life of the princess. Here too the man rescues his wife that too unknowingly.   

New Method

Everyone knows the importance of blood donation and that is why new methods have been designed to donate blood. U.K’s National Health Service has started this provision of texting donors when their contribution comes to the hospital. It is done to evoke interest in people for donating blood.     

The NHS Blood And Transplant Service

The NHS Blood and Transplant service have declared that the initiative would be taken on June 14, 2016: World Blood Donor Day. This scheme has been made with the aim of letting the donors know how their blood is saving many lives. It also encourages others to step up and donate.   

Good Initiative

This initiative has benefitted hospitals a lot. There has been an increment in the number of donors. Reportedly, 200,000 people came forward to donate blood. That is what the survey carried out by NHS Blood and Transplant service signifies. 

Encouraging people

Informing people about how the donation made by them is put to good use that would prompt others to do the same. It will also alleviate the doubts that people usually have about the process.  

Full Detail

The text sent to the U.K. donors contains the information regarding the dispatch of their blood and delineates about the hospital where the present is delivered to. Surprisingly, one blood donation has the capability of saving about three lives. 

Proud Moment

Zoe Scarrow a blood donor made a statement to NHS Blood and Transplant in 2016: She talked about how the text made her feel. She had never felt so proud of herself. “I started donating in 1999 as soon as I was old enough to. It makes me feel good to know I am doing something to help others,” she stated. 

Letting Everyone Know

Scarrow reminisces how ecstatic she felt when she received the text that she decided to share her happiness with her family and friends. She went on to say, “I was so pleased to hear when and where my blood had been dispatched to. It makes it more personal to know exactly which hospital received your blood donation. I was so excited and proud that I texted my family to let them know too.”

Service That Encourages

Director of the blood donation at NHS Blood and Transplant, Mike Stredder said, “We are always looking at new ways to encourage donation. We hope that the new texting service will show how vital blood donations are used to help people in need.”

Back To You

And sometimes your good deeds benefit you directly just like Lian Taiwan. He would have never imagined that what he did almost a decade ago would come to him so unexpectedly.


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