Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) patient Peter Douglas - who receives fortnightly infusions of intravenous immunoglobulin at Wagga Base Hospital - meets local milestone blood donor Margaret Devries, who has donated over 300 times.
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00:00I even go when I'm on holiday.
00:02Oh do you? That's dedication.
00:04Yep, I'll find a local blood bank and go and check it out.
00:08I did a problem.
00:10I gave up and I got sick.
00:12That's been over five years.
00:14Yeah, yeah.
00:16So, I just can't do it anymore.
00:19No, well that's what, I figure I might as well do it while I'm healthy.
00:22And there might come a time when I can't.
00:24Yes.
00:26If you didn't give it, I mightn't get it.
00:29That's right, that's right.
00:31I almost died when I came in here.
00:34So you get plasma or cold blood?
00:37It's a mixture of different things.
00:41Yep.
00:43I know it costs eight and a half thousand.
00:45Each time? Yeah, wow.
00:47Yeah, it's amazing isn't it?
00:49Are you feeling better now?
00:51Yeah.
00:53I didn't get any sleep last night so today's good.
00:57Yeah.
00:59Have a sleep while you're here.
01:01I haven't worked out how to sleep at the blood bank yet.
01:03When I work out how to pump and sleep and close my eyes I'll be fine.
01:07Yeah.
01:09So where are you from?
01:11Wagga.