cookies and code

So I went to donate blood today as I like to do every couple months and I got turned away! Turns out that I took a cruise to Roatan, Honduras (off the coast) and there is a risk of Malaria in the area. Obviously I don’t have Malaria (cough), but I was told I can’t donate blood for a whole year now as a precaution. I really enjoy donating blood for some strange reason (my wife used to be a Phlebotomist), so I’m kinda bummed. I think what bums me out the most though is that the cruise ship (Norwegian Sun) never mentioned any risk of Malaria in the documents we got for the trip. Oh well, live (hopefully ) and learn, I guess.