900 plasma donors to treat ONE Alpha-1 patient. Donate if you can. It would help if the companies could unbend the rules. I could donate just by a short drive into Indiana, but that is across the state line and they won't allow me to donate. Instead, they want me to drive an hour to my nearest center in Michigan, lay there for a long time to donate, then drive an hour home. Functionally impossible for me. I'm certain many details can be cited to rationalize this ridiculous state of affairs, but any potential donors in my region are in the same situation. Donation is precluded by executive fiat. Abraham Lincoln said something like if a law leads to a silly outcome, it is bad law. Seems so to me. mermaid trumpet selections for wedding 2018