Apparently, I'm an Untapped Oil Well

So remember how in my last post, I mentioned that I was interested in donating platelets?

Got a call from the Red Cross today. Apparently when my blood work came back from my donation, they noted that I was:
1. Male
2. Blood type A+
3. High Platelet Count

Those three things means they marked my report with a smiley face and handed it off to the lady who called me. Because according to her, I am "a universal donor for platelets". You don't know how much that pumps me up. As soon as I can figure out the best logistics, I'm so donating platelets now. Especially when I see that platelets are only useable for 5 days. So any donations that come in now, HAVE to be used right away, otherwise they are unusable. So right away, I'll be helping 1-3 people per donation. AND platelet donations don't weaken your running like donating blood does. That's why my runs have been harder to finish.

So that just ends up being a happy irony. I was already thinking about doing it, then I find out I'm "in demand" to do it. Sweet!