Filling out forms, physical examinations, laboratory tests, blood donation ......Half a month later, on March 3, Xu Yong once again walked into the Walmart blood donation point of the Lu'an Central Blood Station to donate platelets. He is well aware of the process of blood donation, and this blood donation is a common time in Xu Yong's blood donation career for more than 20 years.
Since 2002, Xu Yong has insisted on donating blood for more than 20 years, has more than 50 blood donation certificates, and has donated more than 40,000 milliliters of blood, which is equivalent to the sum of all the blood in the body of 9 adults, and currently ranks first in the total amount of individual blood donation in Lu'an City.
Over the past 20 years, he has not only insisted on donating blood for a long time, but also brought his colleagues and family members to join the blood donation team. He has won the National Gold Award for Unpaid Blood Donation, "Good Man of Lu'an" and "Good Man of Anhui" and other honorary titles for many times, and has saved many families and lives with blood donation.
Talking about the first blood donation, Xu Yong remembers it vividly. "I started donating blood because it was related to an experience I had when I was in the army. Xu Yong told reporters that in December 1996, in a fire-fighting operation of the army, a comrade-in-arms was accidentally injured and bleeding hemorrhage. "I was very touched by this incident and realized the importance of blood to patients. In addition, when I visit patients in the hospital, I often find that there is an urgent need for blood in the clinic. Xu Yong said, "At first, I didn't know about the process of unpaid blood donation, but after I learned about it, I started to donate blood for free, so that patients who need blood can use blood in time." ”
One day in 2002, Xu Yong, who retired and returned to his hometown, walked to the vicinity of Jin'an**, East Street in the city, and suddenly saw the blood donation vehicle printed with eight eye-catching characters of "unpaid blood donation, saving lives", recalling the grief of losing his comrades due to ischemia, as well as the reality of the patient's blood tension, Xu Yong did not hesitate to walk on the blood donation vehicle, and since then has opened the road of love for unpaid blood donation.
However, 20 years ago, unpaid blood donation was not widely accepted by the general public, because of the difference in perception, Xu Yong's parents did not approve of his blood donation at first. "I gave it secretly, and my family didn't know about it. After a blood donation, the next day back to my hometown, the blood donation site due to not pressed well appeared bruised, was found by my mother, under her stern questioning before I said that I donated blood, my mother at that time with tears in her eyes blamed me for not caring for my body. Xu Yong said that because he often donated blood, his arm was covered with dense needle holes, and once Xu Yong's father saw it and nervously asked Xu Yong if he was really donating blood or "taking drugs". Later, gradually, under the explanation of Xu Yong and his sister who studied nursing, his parents gradually understood the fact that blood donation did not harm health, and then slowly understood Xu Yong's blood donation behavior.
With the enrichment of blood donation experience and further understanding of blood donation knowledge, Xu Yong began to shift from ordinary whole blood donation to platelet donation.
07.18……This is the date of platelet donation on Xu Yong's blood donation card in 2008, which is once a month and rarely absent. Xu Yong said: "Going to the moon seems to be a habit to donate blood. Once, when I went to donate platelets, I didn't donate them because the blood station staff was off work, and I could only donate blood once in six months and once a month, which made me very disappointed. ”
11.25 ……When he could donate platelets twice a month, Xu Yong's dates for platelet donation were also more intensive. Since the validity period of machine-collected platelet preservation is only five days, it is necessary to replenish blood in time for "accidents". Xu Yong said: "The volunteers have a 'platelet family group', which currently has nearly 200 members. The staff of the blood bank will post a message in the group that they need a few copies of blood type A and a few copies of blood type B, and volunteers who meet the blood type requirements can donate blood if they have time. ”
In addition, in 2007, because Lu'an had not yet set up a hematopoietic stem cell workstation at that time, on the fourth "World Blood Donor Day" on June 14, Xu Yong rushed to Hefei to participate in the hematopoietic stem cell voluntary donation activity and became a glorious hematopoietic stem cell unpaid donation volunteer.
It must have hurt to stick the needle into my arm, but every time the blood bank texts me and tells me that my blood has come in handy, I feel happy and that it was all worth it. Xu Yong said.
Xu Yong knows that a person's ability is limited, and what he needs to do is not only to insist on unpaid blood donation, but also to let more people know the meaning of unpaid blood donation. Every time his daughter saw him go back with a blood donation card, she would happily say, "Dad, now there is another person in Lu'an with your blood flowing on his body!" When I turn 18, I will become a blood donation volunteer like you. In the unit, Xu Yong actively promoted the charity of blood donation and caring for life, and also recruited some activists, such as his colleague Wang Jiaying and Panda Blood (Rh negative rare blood type) Zhu Shiyong. What is touching is that Mr. Zhu Shiyong knows that he is fainting blood, but every time he is in need, he always rolls up his sleeves and donates 400 ml of blood at a time without hesitation. In his spare time after work, Xu Yong also went to help recruit blood donation units, and under the persistence and inspiration of his spirit of unpaid blood donation, more and more caring people joined the warm and unrequited team of unpaid blood donation.
Xu Yong's kindness is not just about donating blood for free. On the afternoon of January 8, 2022, Xu Yong and his family were riding an electric car on the way home from grocery shopping, and saw a child falling into the water in the river, and immediately ran over. The two boys, playing by the river, fell into the water because of a stumble, and only quietly left the scene when the person in the water was out of danger.
Today, Xu Yong's heroic story is still being written. From donating blood for free to registering for free donation of the body to bravely saving the boy who fell into the water, the heart of public welfare makes Xu Yong's life shine, giving roses to people, and his hands are fragrant. Xu Yong said that he felt happy and proud to think that he could bring hope of life to those in need.