This is Mrs. Jonita’s story, not mine. I never had a blood donation. She told me that she had a blood transfusion. She told me the story at church. So now I’m going to tell the story to you. I’m not old enough to do blood donations. I’m only 15 years old. I’m going to do it this year though. This is a true story.
It was Christmas day, in 1968, she went into labor with her first child. She was at Wilson N. Jones Hospital in Sherman, TX. It was 23 minutes after midnight and her son was born. But the doctor said that she lost too much blood. So they were sent to Dallas for AB- blood. It’s the rarest kind of blood there is. I have rare blood too. My blood type is A-.
But there was trouble transporting it across counties. So, they called a man with AB- blood who had given a lot of times before. He came to donate blood for her in the middle of the night. Later, it came out in the newspaper that blood was needed; especially AB-, so they wouldn’t have to call on the same people to donate. I don’t know any other people who have AB- except Mrs. Jonita.
The article named the pastor of First Baptist Church, Sherman. The AB- donor who came when a young woman gave birth in the middle of the night recently. It was so nice of her to give blood to help out other people. Mrs. Jonita wasn’t the only one who gave birth in the middle of the night. This gave her a chance to write a thank you note to him. Usually, the recipient isn’t told who gave blood.
Even though this took place before AIDS. There was already the realization that blood could be contaminated by diseases. They didn’t know how to test for. I never had a disease before. But you never know when you do get one. There wasn’t a disease. But I know that they’re going to check before they do it. You might die from a disease. Especially when it a really bad one.
This made her even more grateful to the Lord. Her transfusion had come from a good and healthy person. Not from a bad and sick person. She is now feeling better with her son that she is taking care of. I know that she is doing fine with her son.
That is my story of Mrs. Jonita’s experience. I hope you like my story. Mrs. Jonita had hope with in the Lord for the blood transfusion. She was so calm of this experiment. I think that other people would be calm like her. I’ll try to be calm like her for the blood donation. And I know the Lord would be with me when I do the blood donation. Mrs. Jonita is a great teacher at church. I think that her blood transfusion story is very interesting and you could learn from that story.