Blood Donor
Today the blood people came to school. Since i missed out last time i made sure i went this time. I had to fill out a questionaire and then get interviewed about it. After a quick stab to my finger i found out that my Haemogloben (sorry if i spelt wrong) levels were really high. (Means i'm very healthy. The average level for a male is 130-185 and mine was 182! I have to put that down to my mother's cooking.
I then had to wait until there was a free person to hook me up and take my blood. When someone was free she took me to sit down and then proceded to stick a needle in my left arm. She missed my vein, or went right through it. So after a little bit of pain and ice/tape/bandage around my arm firmly and after she told me i was going to get a bruised arm and that it was because my veins were a little thinner than she anticipated she asked me if i would want the other arm done or if i just wanted to go. Well i had already waited over an hour so i told her to continue on my other arm. She was a little reluctant and so she called over the most experienced lady and asked her to take me because she wasn't comfortable trying on me again. So i was moved to another chair and the next lady had no problem getting it in my vein. I started pumping my arm and so i had 470mls of blood in the bag after 4-5 mins. I didn't feel like anything had happened so i went straight to class, infact if anything my bag seemed a lot lighter than it had when i went in. I had spent nearly two hours in the PAC (school hall) so i had only one class left to go to. I felt fine, other than the slight pain in my left arm from the failed attempt. Then afterschool i had to head straight to work. After i walked home my heart did feel like it was beating a lot faster than it should have after just a small walk, but i thought nothing of it. When i was at work i had to start lifting things like the teapot (actually quite heavy when full), trays full of fruit etc. Not really too heavy stuff but after you've lost 470mls of blood and your arms are a bit more fragile you can feel the strain. Atleast, this was when i started to. But then i finished work and came home. (sorry no climax, no fainting, no intensive care story) That's my somewhat interesting story of the day. But the highlight of it was that i got a blood donor sticker for my care. It's a pretty kewl sticker!!!
I then had to wait until there was a free person to hook me up and take my blood. When someone was free she took me to sit down and then proceded to stick a needle in my left arm. She missed my vein, or went right through it. So after a little bit of pain and ice/tape/bandage around my arm firmly and after she told me i was going to get a bruised arm and that it was because my veins were a little thinner than she anticipated she asked me if i would want the other arm done or if i just wanted to go. Well i had already waited over an hour so i told her to continue on my other arm. She was a little reluctant and so she called over the most experienced lady and asked her to take me because she wasn't comfortable trying on me again. So i was moved to another chair and the next lady had no problem getting it in my vein. I started pumping my arm and so i had 470mls of blood in the bag after 4-5 mins. I didn't feel like anything had happened so i went straight to class, infact if anything my bag seemed a lot lighter than it had when i went in. I had spent nearly two hours in the PAC (school hall) so i had only one class left to go to. I felt fine, other than the slight pain in my left arm from the failed attempt. Then afterschool i had to head straight to work. After i walked home my heart did feel like it was beating a lot faster than it should have after just a small walk, but i thought nothing of it. When i was at work i had to start lifting things like the teapot (actually quite heavy when full), trays full of fruit etc. Not really too heavy stuff but after you've lost 470mls of blood and your arms are a bit more fragile you can feel the strain. Atleast, this was when i started to. But then i finished work and came home. (sorry no climax, no fainting, no intensive care story) That's my somewhat interesting story of the day. But the highlight of it was that i got a blood donor sticker for my care. It's a pretty kewl sticker!!!
posted by Rayd at 7:50 pm
5 Comments:
giving blood rules. it's just a shame i'm not allowed anymore:(
Not allowed anymore? Bugger. What's up with that!?
Anyway, rayd...Surprised they don't have a Red Cross donor center in Christchurch.
BTW, something got fixed somewhere, cause I can read the full page now...KEWL!
giving blood is awesome. the last time i did, the machine i was on had problems and stopped working every couple of minutes. and when id DID stop, it made that bleeping noise, you know, like on hospital machines when someone dies? i was terrifed! the nurses were all running round in a panic trying to find where the noise was coming from and i was nearly in tears cuz i thought i was gonna die... lol not the best experience of my life!! :P
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