MeXscape

Hi,

We know Bruno, and saw him tonight, and he told us about Phil.

Anyway, I've had a search on the internet, and came across this, which could be very helpful:

It's a search for people by blood type in Mazatlan:
http://maztravel.com/maz/phones/index.html?blood_type=O&rh_type=-&search=Search

All the best

Suzie & Iain

what is this page it's about animals please contact me I am putting together volunteer donors for Mexico.. for RH O NEGATIVE BLOOD

That is a page from Henry Laxen's site, MazTravel. He maintains a database of expats with their contact information and blood type, if they want to give this information. This project has been going for several years. It says help the animals because he and Nadine are involved with Amigos de los Animales, and it says that on every page of the site. The blood donor list is legit, and thank you Iain for reminding me about it. You can click on the individual names, and after answering a question to screen out spam bots, view the contact information for those people with O- blood.

Friends of Mexico also maintains a blood donor database, and I know the family has been in touch with them.

The biggest problem with getting donors, among those who have a matching blood type, is the age restriction for donating blood here, which is usually 50. I understand that Sharp is accepting donors of any age for Philip Pain, so if you have O- blood, head on over to Sharp - NOW.

Hi Jennifer and everyone else who is helping. We have been given this info, just thought I'd post it here too. Thanks

It was posted by Chuck Hall from the Friends of Mexico organization.

" I talked with Neil Pain, Philip's father this afternoon and he stated that he and wife are in Mazatlan now. He wanted me to pass on the following information. Thanks for all the help. Sharps... ...will not be drawing any more blood today, but if you have o-negative, and regardless of your age (over 60), simply go to Sharp hospital Monday morning and tell them you are there to donate blood to Philip Pain, and your age is 59. The doctor told him to pass that on as the blood is really critical to Philip's survival. The radio station has been contacted as well as the newspaper and it will be announced at the Venados baseball game tonight. Thanks to all for your assistance."

The Coordinator for Friends of México blood donors list has been notified. HOwever, there are only 7 members who have 0- blood

please send me the list of donors, to add to our volunteer donors list for RHO NEGATIVE.. we don;t want this to happen again..

Please contact me as I have a friend, Amy who is O negative blood and would like nothing more than to help the Pain family out in this time of need.
Rio Fraser
la2uk73@googlemail.com
Amy grant's email: agrant6@nhs.net

best of luck

Rio, I have forwarded your and Amy's information to the family. They should be in contact with you soon. If not, just head on over to Sharp Hospital, as time is of the absolute essence.

Thank you for donating!

Lets see just how well this internet stuff works.. if each of you send an e mail to all your e mail contacts and they in turn send it to all of theirs, we should be able to find this boy help... please ask them to contact me directly and I will see that Stephanie and her family receive this information ASAP..
thank you and god bless Cindy

Just an update. I heard that more than 10 people showed up at Sharp to donate blood, and that 12 units of blood were flown in from Florida. Scary.

I received a private email asking about Philip's condition and how the blood was arranged. I thought you all might be interested in the reply, so here is what I wrote:

The blood from Florida was arranged through The Blood Care Foundation (http://www.bloodcare.org.uk/html/home.htm), a charity in the UK. They contacted the blood bank in Florida and arranged the transfer of blood.
The family had to go to the airport themselves and pick it p and clear customs. Weird, but true. They had no idea what they were doing or where to go, but a local friend of mine took them to the airport and helped them through it. Apparently not a service the hospital takes care of.

British cruise ship passengers from a ship in port also donated blood. So everyone should keep that option in mind. It is not one I would ever have thought of. The biggest problem here was that the hospitals won't take blood from anyone over 60 - which eliminates a significant portion of our gringo population here in Mazatlan.

Philip had surgery on his legs 4 days ago and surgery on his back on Monday. They were surprised to find an additional broken vertebrae, so the surgery lasted longer than expected, but the doctors think it went well. His toes are continuing to get pinker and the hope is that he will keep them all. There is still some concern about one big toe. His kidneys continue to improve. The doctors will be bringing him out of the drug induced coma soon, so a better assessment of his condition will be coming.