Bellevue blood donor has leaf on Bloodworks wall honoring 1,800 donations

Most Bloodworks locations have a “Tree of Life” on the wall with a leaf for any donor with 100+ donations. I saw this number on the wall at the Bellevue location and I thought it was a typo. But the staff said the donor is someone whose body type allows them to do a triple platelet donation with each visit (which gets counted as 3 for their scoring system), and you can donate platelets 24 times a year, and he’s been coming for at least 25 years, and 24 x 3 x 25 = 1,800.

(Side note, if you like the act of giving blood, you can only give whole blood 6 times a year (and that’s all you can do at most school/work blood drives) but if you have time you can donate platelets up to 24 times a year. Each donation is about 70-90 minutes of “drip time” and about two hours in-and-out counting screening and post-donation rest.)