Being a bone marrow donor: This is what it’s like

I enter through the sliding doors, my flip-flops slapping the linoleum as I search for the information desk.  “Can you point me towards the apheresis center?” I ask, noticing my voice rise a notch.  I am clearly uncomfortable.  My feet feel naked and exposed without my Dansko clogs, and I can’t remember the last time I wore jeans in a hospital.  Two medical students scurry by, their stethoscopes bouncing around …

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