Today’s Donor Could Be Tomorrow’s Receiver
As a 24-hour referral and emergency hospital, many of the cases we treat require life-saving blood transfusions such as:
- Severe trauma (i.e., motor vehicle accidents, dog attacks, arterial cuts)
- Rat bait toxicity
- Von Willebrands disease (common in Dobermans)
- Haemophilia
- Haemolytic anemia (destruction of red cells secondary to immune mediated diseases or onion toxicity)
- Immune mediated thrombocytopenia (destruction of platelets)
- Life threatening infections
- Cancer
Donor Benefits
Our donor heroes help by keeping our in-house blood bank continuously stocked to save the life of another pet. In return, each hero receives:
- Free Laboratory Testing
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- Full blood work during the first donation, then annually going forward (over a $200 value)
- For every other donation, free laboratory testing of red blood cells (PCV) and total protein laboratory tests to ensure they are not anemic (over a $50 value)
- Cats will be tested for Feline Immunodeficiency Virus and Feline Leukemia Virus, if required
- Free health assessment (over a $75 value)
- Free unit of blood or plasma transfusion for each unit of blood donated ($500.00/per unit)
- Free blood donor tag
- Free can of food as a treat after donation
- Lots of TLC from our staff for being a hero