[Ansteorra] Request for Help - Blood Donations Needed

Fri Jun 4 06:21:20 PDT 2010

Thank you to everyone for your continued donations and well wishes.  Hrafn
is in the air now and will land at DFW at 2:30pm and we will head up to the
hospital to visit his Father.  Jerry came through his 6th surgery
yesterday and was letting family members know through breathing pattern
changes and good foot wiggling that he knew they were there and recognized
them so it was a good day.

We had some AMAZING news yesterday.  HL Caerell Macdomnaill forwarded my
initial missive to the appropriate people at his company and thanks to him
Jerry had 93 units of blood credits donated to his account!  We are now over
halfway to the additional 250 units we are told we need so HUGE Thank Yous
to Caerell!  Please don't stop from donating if you can; we still need a lot
more help.
Thank you again everyone!
Elizabeta
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Traci <traci at crimsonvision.net> wrote:

> Thank you for posting this Emma.
>
> I just heard back from Beverly Johnson at Carter Blood Care headquarters
> and she did confirm that there is no other way than going to a Carter Blood
> Center to have your blood drawn there.  I called JPS to confirm this and
> they agreed, they can only get their blood from Carter.  The blood drive is
> going well and I hope each and every one of you that donated or tried to but
> cannot for some reason realizes how much this means to us.  Words cannot
> express & apparently I couldn't even type them if they could as I can barely
> see the keyboard through my tears at this point!
>
> As for the monetary donations they don't do arrangements for that either.
> We will be speaking with the family in regards to this to see if a
> fundraiser will be held or if one is needed and we'll make it happen.
>
> I'd like to let you all know that Jerry is doing well today.  He took 12
> unassisted breaths yesterday as well as rotated his arm 90 degrees; both of
> which are great signs say the medical staff.  He is currently in his 6th
> surgery; this one to repair his shattered ankle.  Will update more when I
> can.
>
> Thank you all so much!
> Elizabeta
>
>  On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 9:50 AM, Jennifer Smith <jds at randomgang.com>wrote:
>
>> I did hear back from Carter Blood Group.  They said:
>>
>> "...Unfortunately there are no other Blood Banks who can forward the
>> credits to us any longer. We are members of the National Blood
>> Exchange, which is a Clearinghouse for us and was responsible for
>> sending and receiving the Credits. On February 12th they discontinued
>> the Blood Replacement Credit Program, because of low participation. We
>> now work directly with the patient to assure that they get the benefit
>> of the Credits. Have you checked our Website that Carter BloodCare in
>> not in that area? We have Centers as far away as Marshall, Longview,
>> Lufkin, Mt. Pleasant, Waco, Weatherford, etc.
>>
>> If money is donated, I would suggest that you give it to the Patient
>> in lieu of Blood. We pick up the Uninsured Portion of the Blood
>> Products after the Insurance Company has dealt with the Hospital, and
>> paid their portion. What is left out-of-pocket for the patient to pay
>> is what we reimburse from the credits that are available...."
>>
>> -Emma
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Traci Baker <darkhorse.baker at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I don't know what they do and it is not a discussion I want to have
>> right
>> > now.
>> >
>> > Currently trying to find out if there are other centers that will accept
>> > donations on his name; will repost as soon as I have that information.
>> >
>> > Thank you everyone!!
>> >
>> > He that dare not grasp the thorn should never crave the Rose. - Anne
>> Bronte
>> >
>> > On Jun 2, 2010, at 4:06 PM, Rose <rose_welch at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> So they just what... let you die if you need blood? Or just charge you
>> >> more? That sounds pretty crappy.
>> >>
>> >> Do you know if they have any sort of reciprocal agreement with any
>> >> Oklahoma banks so we can donate here as well?
>> >>
>> >> -Rose
>> >>
>> >> Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy marshmallows, which is kind
>> of
>> >> the same thing.
>> >>
>> >> --- On Wed, 6/2/10, Traci <traci at crimsonvision.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> From: Traci <traci at crimsonvision.net>
>> >> Subject: [Ansteorra] Request for Help - Blood Donations Needed
>> >> To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <Ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
>> >> Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2010, 3:50 PM
>> >>
>> >> Hello Everyone,
>> >>
>> >> I usually try to keep mundane business out of SCA life as much as
>> possible
>> >> but Hrafn and I have a dire need.  Hrafn's father, Jerry Baker was in a
>> >> serious plane crash Sunday morning in Boyd, Tx and is in *very*
>> critical
>> >> condition.  Here is a link to a news article and video on the crash:
>> >> http://cbs11tv.com/local/boyd.plane.crash.2.1723846.html
>> >>
>> >> The blood bank has a limit of pints given per patient; once a patient
>> uses
>> >> 90 pints they are cut off and Jerry has already gone through about 70.
>> He
>> >> has several surgeries to go (already has had 5 major surgeries so far)
>> so
>> >> he
>> >> is in desperate need!  If people go and donate blood in his name (it
>> can
>> >> be
>> >> any type) the amount donated will be added to his 'account' and he can
>> >> have
>> >> more than the original 90.
>> >>
>> >> Please go to any Carter Blood Care and provide the following inforation
>> >> when
>> >> you donate:
>> >>
>> >> Jerry Baker
>> >> D.O.B. 10/14/46
>> >> SPONSOR# 049539
>> >> Hospital - JPS (James Peter Smith) Ft. Worth (ICU)
>> >>
>> >> Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have; I can
>> be
>> >> reached easiest via email.  Hrafn is in Sweden for work (but will be
>> >> returning on Friday afternoon) so please direct all questions to me.
>> >>
>> >> Thank you all for your help.
>> >> Countess Elizabeta di Valore della Rosa / Traci Baker
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