I get there they put me in the computer and from that point on I am UPC code. So I answer the 1000 questions I especially like the one where it asks if I am a male who has had sex with another male…Ummm No, last I checked I am not a male. Was this a trick question? Then it asks if I have any of the following afflictions, well considering I did not know what most of them were I just went with No. So I pass that test, and then I was sent in to go see the nurse where she asks more questions, which I also pass.
Now she wants to see my arms, I think this is a little personal since she has not even bought me dinner yet, but then she did not look like it was up for debate. I take off my sweater and exercise my right to bare arms, I guess they looked ok, then she stabbed me in the finger, she said “your iron is great so you can donate”
She sends me over to the guy that is going to take my blood and he looks a little flustered which worries me already. I lay down on the table and he says, “So your allergic to iodine” I nod (thinking well that is what my chart says, at least he can read) So he rubs something else on my arm that is COLD… then he stabs what feels like a steel toothpick, I glare at him. Then he looks at me and says “Do you have lotion on your arms? “Why yes I do, it is from Bath and Body Works, Rain Leaf, Do you like it?” He was not amused …”Well the tape won’t stick” he said. So his assistant had to get the plastic tape which I was sure was going to rip my skin off when he went to remove it.
Well much time passes and to make a long story short, I started to give blood but somewhere towards the end I guess I stopped, he muttered something about me being dehydrated and I mentioned that lotion helps that, he says so does water. Well he had to move the needle and when he did I saw blood fly out and run down my arm, I think that is when I passed out. Well they got the rest of my donation and now my arm is wrapped up so much that I don’t think I could bend it if I wanted too.
Well at least I got pretzels and grape juice.
Be nice to me today, I gave blood!
bloody nice thing to do, i say.
ReplyDeleteWow! That reminds me that I haven't given blood in years! Although, our Red Cross is a little disfunctional these days and I think they moved, so I will have to find out where they are!
ReplyDeleteNooter ~ agreed, but a lil more so than i was prepared for.
ReplyDeleteGLM ~ Thank you for stopping by, i hope you do find time to stop in and make a donation, it is a good thing to. just dont put lotion on your arms =D