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The Aussie Adventurer Every Christmas Holiday for the last four years, Maurie �Mad Maurie� Laughlan, has been donating his type A positive platelets here at SCBC on his annual migration through the area. Prior to his donation, this year, he donated a combination of platelets and plasma at the Chiba Blood Bank near Tokyo, Japan. A native of Australia, he�s donated in Sydney, Cairns, and Adelaide, as well as experiencing the Chiba, Nagoya, Japan blood banks and Tokyo & Albury (NSW Australia).
When Maurie donated platelets with us last week, he brought a few samples of the giveaways from the Japanese blood bank. A packet of tissues, and a packet of ear buds (cotton ear swabs). If you think he�s a little special in Tallahassee, Florida, you can guess he�s unique in Japan, where blood recipients hope to suddenly speak English from his blood. If it works, �G�day mate,� will be the first thing they say!
No, language is not spontaneously transferred via blood transfusion, but recipient�s of Maurie�s blood are getting it from a very healthy runner and cyclist. He competes in Tallahassee�s Jingle Bell Run, and this past summer cycled 2,000 miles in northern Japan.
We hope he�ll show off his American Blood Donor t-shirt the next time he�s in Japan!
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