Are you fully recovered from COVID-19? Find out how your plasma can help others still battling the virus

 

Rosa Hamilton is a nurse practitioner in Maine therefore professionally and personally aware of the contagious nature of the COVID-19 virus. When she and her husband developed fever and fatigue after a visit with relatives in New York she shared her concern with a good friend who was also a nurse. The friend immediately advised her to be tested. Rosa and her husband’s camping trip to New York had observed all pandemic safety guidelines but their tests quickly came back positive for COVID-19. Symptoms included constant fever and fatigue; Rosa also experienced a loss of her sense of taste and heart palpitations several times a day for the roughly ten days her body fought the virus.

Both are now fully recovered, and Rosa has subsequently become a committed convalescent plasma donor.

“I see what is going on, it’s having an impact on my practice,” said Rosa. “I feel it’s my duty and responsibility as a concerned citizen to help where and when I can. The plasma donation process is easy, and I strongly encourage anyone who had COVID-19 and is now fully recovered to make time to give. This is your chance to help others fighting this deadly virus.”

If you are fully recovered from COVID-19 and would like to become a convalescent plasma donor please visit RedCrossBlood.org/plasma4covid