If we don't have the blood on hand, most blood centers also won't have the blood on hand as well.

Hospitals need that in emergency situations. You can give type O blood to anyone without knowing their blood type, so it's extremely important to have.

We really need to get back to a point where one of our hospitals calls us, we can fill their orders. All of their orders and we don't have to put them on hold.

We're calling our donors, we're asking them to come in. We're e-mailing our donors.

This morning we had back orders on all those; we're pretty much at zero for almost everything.

My parents are creative on many fronts, and they pushed me to be that way, too. They wanted me to write, actually.