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Speaker 1: Zuleipa Calvin Harris on one hundred twenty four minutes past

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Speaker 1: seven on your Thursday morning, twenty four degrees the top

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Speaker 1: in Marvelus Melbourne.

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Speaker 2: Day Loss, beautiful day out there today, Clinty Hey.

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Speaker 3: Over this week and next week as well, we're having

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Speaker 3: some really important conversations on this show. Blood is something

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Speaker 3: we all have, and it is something that we can

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Speaker 3: give to help other people who need it, and there

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Speaker 3: is a real shortage at the moment. We've been talking

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Speaker 3: about a lot. We actually spoke to an expert from

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Speaker 3: Life but Blood earlier in the week. You can download

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Speaker 3: the podcast if you're interested, because it is a really

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Speaker 3: interesting chat.

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Speaker 1: Will you say, it's something we all have, It's something

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Speaker 1: almost all of us can give as well, right, almost

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Speaker 1: everyone totally. And as someone who and you have too

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Speaker 1: given blood donated blood, it's a really special gift.

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Speaker 2: Well, that's right.

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Speaker 3: And the levels change all the time, so what we

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Speaker 3: have in supply today might be completely different tomorrow. Can

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Speaker 3: search blood supply to check blood levels or go to

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Speaker 3: lifeblood dot com dot au and help stop the drops.

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Speaker 3: I just went on the website and right now, oh

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Speaker 3: negative for instance, is very low.

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Speaker 2: That's my blood type, Well.

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Speaker 3: You do then, oh, positive is also low. You can

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Speaker 3: jump online and have a look. But it's something that

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Speaker 3: each of us can do, and it is a gift

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Speaker 3: that can save somebody's life. I think we've all been

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Speaker 3: amazed to learn how far our own blood can go.

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Speaker 3: So we decided we would each meet someone who matched

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Speaker 3: our blood type to find out just what we can

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Speaker 3: do for somebody else, to give the gift of life.

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Speaker 2: It is completely free.

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Speaker 3: First, yes, and I caught up with a man called

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Speaker 3: Jacob who was in a very serious accident when he

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Speaker 3: was twenty one years old. Have listened, Hello, Jacobo, it's

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Speaker 3: nice to meet you. Now, you and I have been

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Speaker 3: partnered together because we have the same blood type. And

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Speaker 3: that's the thing about what we're trying to encourage people

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Speaker 3: to do, if they're driving in their cars or they're

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Speaker 3: listening to this right now, it's to understand what a

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Speaker 3: difference someone like me might be able to make in

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Speaker 3: the life of someone like you. Now, you and I've

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Speaker 3: got the same blood type, and we're the same age.

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Speaker 2: And you look well and you look great.

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Speaker 4: Oh, thank you very much.

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Speaker 2: But when you were twenty one, it was a very

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Speaker 2: different story.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it certainly was. I was involved in a very

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Speaker 4: serious car accident head on with the truck, and I

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Speaker 4: was given a less than five percent chance of survival.

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Speaker 4: And when I arrived at the Alfred Hospital, I was

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Speaker 4: chopping in and given a less than five percent chance

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Speaker 4: of survival. And with that, the liver surgeon actually said

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Speaker 4: I had about a minute left until my body was

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Speaker 4: completely drive blood.

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Speaker 2: And so you had that much blood loss in the accident.

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Speaker 4: I went through thirty six leaders in the first nine hours,

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Speaker 4: so well over one hundred units of blood.

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Speaker 3: And so in that time you required thirty six leaders

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Speaker 3: of blood for your life saving surgery. And that's blood

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Speaker 3: that anyone who is a match to you could donate.

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Speaker 4: Absolutely. Yeah, I mean the only reason why I'm alive

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Speaker 4: is not just because of the incredible skill of the

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Speaker 4: team at the Alfred and all the first responders, but

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Speaker 4: the generosity of the everyday person going out to donate blood.

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Speaker 4: I would not be here if it wasn't for the

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Speaker 4: generosity of blood donors.

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Speaker 2: Had you ever given blood before your accident, Yeah.

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Speaker 4: I've been donating blood since I was eighteen, and I

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Speaker 4: donated just because I thought it was something good to do.

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Speaker 4: But since my accident, I now realized that it's something

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Speaker 4: that needs to be done. Yeah, and the stats talk

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Speaker 4: to the stats talk for themselves in that one in

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Speaker 4: three people will need some sort of blood transfusion in

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Speaker 4: their lifetime, and yet in Australia only one in thirty donate,

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Speaker 4: so there is a definite need.

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Speaker 3: I mean, it's interesting because I've given blood before, and

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Speaker 3: I absolutely I bang on about how important it is

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Speaker 3: to give blood, but I probably don't do it as

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Speaker 3: much as I should or as often as I should.

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Speaker 3: And it's such an easy thing to do, but I

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Speaker 3: think life gets in the way and if we don't

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Speaker 3: make it a priority, people don't do it. But to

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Speaker 3: anyone listening right now, knowing that seventy blood donations, so

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Speaker 3: potentially seventy different donors it took to save your life,

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Speaker 3: would you say to people who are thinking about doing.

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Speaker 4: It, Oh, please do it. It's one of the greatest

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Speaker 4: things you can do, is giving the gift of life.

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Speaker 4: That's literally what you're doing. Your blood is going into

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Speaker 4: someone to better their lives or to save their lives.

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Speaker 4: And we need blood. It doesn't come from anywhere else.

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Speaker 4: It literally comes from someone giving up a part of

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Speaker 4: their day to sit in the chair and donate blood

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Speaker 4: to better someone else's life. It's the greatest gift and

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Speaker 4: I'm very passionate for it and very thankful for the

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Speaker 4: generosity of blood donors.

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Speaker 3: And we can't all donate money all the time. We

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Speaker 3: can't all donate our time. People are busy, there's a

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Speaker 3: lot going on, but blood is something that we all have.

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Speaker 2: Do you look at life differently since your accident.

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Speaker 4: I have a greater appreciation of life. Definitely. I don't

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Speaker 4: take the little things for granted anymore, and I certainly

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Speaker 4: try and live a life that enriches others' lives as well,

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Speaker 4: which in turn enrich my own. So yeah, I totally

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Speaker 4: have a new appreciation, a new appreciation and just want

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Speaker 4: to live as large as I can and best as

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Speaker 4: I can.

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Speaker 2: Amazing.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I'm terribly sorry for what you went through,

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Speaker 3: but I'm so glad that you're so well and you've

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Speaker 3: come out the other side.

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Speaker 2: And I will be off to give blood after this.

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Speaker 2: You've inspired me.

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Speaker 4: You, beauty, Thank you so much. Another one awesome cheers

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Speaker 4: and Lauren.

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Speaker 3: Lauren wake up feeling good following them on the socials