The gift of life

The last couple of weeks have been a huge challenge for me. My dad was back in the hospital with bleeding ulcers possibly caused by the medication given to him the last time he was in. I never realized that bleeding ulcers were life threatening. All told he lost 5 units of blood through holes in his stomach. It makes my stomach hurt to think of it. It also has never hit so close to home how important it is to give blood. His life was saved with blood transfusions from donors. I know we've all heard the slogans etc. about how giving blood is the gift of life, but I don't know if a lot of people really realize it is. I am so grateful to anyone out there who has donated blood, or tried to. I think that one of my community projects might come from what has happened with my dad these past few weeks. Well, we got a happy ending, he's doing well, which I am so grateful for. I want to send out a thanks to my kung fu family for being supportive and asking about my dad, and especially Sifu Shipalesky for getting so many positive thoughts going his way.