How Could I Have Forgotten?
How could I have forgotten the most important issue of all? The blood type! Sandra is a type 0+ blood type. Someone with type 0 is a universal donor, which means that people with other blood types are not limited to their own blood type, but can also receive an organ from a type 0 donor. However, a type 0 recipient is restricted only to a type 0 donor. That is why the waiting period for a transplant is a lot longer for someone with type 0 blood group.
posted by Christina at 11:26 AM
3 Comments:
actually the waiting time is the shortest for people with blood type O, as it is the most common blood type (I think its somewhere between 40-60% of the population).
I know it is confusing. We were also under the impression that the wait time would be shorter for someone with type O because it is the most common blood type. However, where we live, a type O recipient is out of luck on the waiting list, and have to wait for up to ten years as of 2006.
The following link has some stats.
http://www.transplant.bc.ca/stats_faqs_main.htm#currentstats
Thats hard but type -AB is the rarest. I gave blood once and the comment I got was better not get into a car accident on the way home. Very reasuring. I hope you find a match soon.
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