Over the course of nearly five decades, 92-year-old Lillian Bloodworth has given blood so often that she's donated a total of 23 gallons of it. When asked why she continued to donate for so long, she says: 'Because I can.'
Lillan Bloodworth with her late husband John Bloodworth, at their home in Gulf Breeze, Fla. Lillian, now 92, donated 23 gallons of blood over five decades.Lillan Bloodworth with her late husband John Bloodworth, at their home in Gulf Breeze, Fla. Lillian, now 92, donated 23 gallons of blood over five decades.Over the course of nearly five decades, the 92-year-old has donated 23 gallons of blood, starting in the 1960s.
"When I first started, I would have donors read my name tag and ask if that was really my name or was that a gimmick for the blood bank," she said. During a StoryCorps conversation recorded in January 2010 in Gulf Breeze, Fla., Lillian told her late husband, John, about why it was important for her to give blood as often as she can.
When Lillian was just 2 years old and sick with pneumonia, she received a blood donation from her older brother. "It did stick with me because I can remember we were on side-by-side beds. He talked to me while they were doing it," she said."So even way back then, my kinfolk were giving blood.""Our elder son had had surgery, and had received blood. A lot," she recalled."So I thought it might be nice to try and put some of the blood back into the bank. So, I do it every 56 days. Not one day shorter.""They are impressed," she said.
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