Grandparents have always been important. Today, they're even more important. In busy, two-career and single-parent families, an involved grandparent goes a long way to filling a void for children. In extreme situations, the courts have found it's often a grandparent who can reach a troubled teen when no one else can.
Here's how to enlarge your veins and arteries for plasma donation: 1  Heat up your arm. When veins become overheated, they expand, and draw closer to the skin. 2  Hold off on drinking and smoking. Both smoking and drinking alcoholic beverages makes veins and arteries smaller and harder. 3  Hold off on the caffeine.
Why are valves more important in arm veins and leg veins than in neck veins? Valves are more important in arm veins and leg veins than in neck veins because, when you are standing, gravity causes pooling of blood in the veins of the free limbs but aids the flow of blood in neck veins back toward the heart. A person who has liver failure cannot synthesize the normal amount of plasma proteins.