It is an amazing process. They put in an IV, and your blood comes out into the machine. The machine filters it somehow and the plasma goes into a clear plastic bag, then in a few minutes the blood goes back into your arm. This process repeats until plasma is collected according to your weight. When all done, then some saline solutions goes into your body to replace the plasma. The body regenerates the plasma within 24 hours. It takes about 45 minutes to one hour. They pay you for the plasma.

DALE.


Quote Originally Posted by Sherry
Glad it was all pleasant for you. But I have a question: how do you donate only plasma? Do they stick a filtering system to you?