Thursday, April 09, 2009

Am I Your Type?

I was shuffling papers again this morning and came across test results of RD back in 2007. We had his blood type checked when they drew blood for his CBC.

His blood type is A+, just like his father's.

MacGyver proudly shows off his blood type card and announces, "A+. It is the highest grade one can get."

I believe GI and MyGirl are also Type A.

According to this chart, Type O- is the universal donor and AB+ the universal recipient.

RECIPIENT

DONOR


O-

O+

A-

A+

B-

B+

AB-

AB+

O-

x







O+

x
x






A-

x

x





A+

x
x
x
x




B-

x



x



B+

x
x


x
x


AB-

x

x

x

x

AB+

x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x

My blood type is O. (I don't know my Rhesus factor.) I guess I'll just have to get blood from my other family members. Thank goodness my parents and all of my siblings are type O.

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