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PSM · 07-23-2009, 22:01

What a fuster cluck!

My son just got back from his first RSP drill weekend with the CONG. Before he left Denver they asked him for his blood type. He didn't know it. We don't know it. His doctor doesn't know it...and they don't do blood typing.

He needs the info tomorrow (he just got home last night). I suggested that he donate blood and ask the Red Cross what his type is. RC said that they could do that but he could not donate until Monday.

So he called an Urgent Care shop and they said that they could do it but that insurance wouldn't pay for it. He said that that was not a problem and went there. BUT, they wouldn't take him unless he had proof of insurance! So he drives to our house to get his insurance card and goes back to the vampires.

Blood taken; results tomorrow.

That's all fine and dandy...BUT, they drew blood from him at MEPS last month. Don't they type it? Are they going to just believe whatever the recruit says?

BTW, his full SSN is on the back of his ID card.

Pat

07-23-2009, 22:01	#1
PSM Area Commander Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Cochise Co., AZ Posts: 6,206	Is one's blood type a national secret now? What a fuster cluck! My son just got back from his first RSP drill weekend with the CONG. Before he left Denver they asked him for his blood type. He didn't know it. We don't know it. His doctor doesn't know it...and they don't do blood typing. He needs the info tomorrow (he just got home last night). I suggested that he donate blood and ask the Red Cross what his type is. RC said that they could do that but he could not donate until Monday. So he called an Urgent Care shop and they said that they could do it but that insurance wouldn't pay for it. He said that that was not a problem and went there. BUT, they wouldn't take him unless he had proof of insurance! So he drives to our house to get his insurance card and goes back to the vampires. Blood taken; results tomorrow. That's all fine and dandy...BUT, they drew blood from him at MEPS last month. Don't they type it? Are they going to just believe whatever the recruit says? BTW, his full SSN is on the back of his ID card. Pat __________________ "Hector Lives!" "The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress." -- Frederick Douglass "The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen." -- Dennis Prager "The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it." --H.L. Mencken Last edited by PSM; 07-23-2009 at 22:03.
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