#84 - Donate Blood
If you have been following my blog, you might remember when I donated platelets for adventure #55. This adventure goes right along with that but I got to donate whole blood this go around. A little known fact about me is that I have a dream to become a licensed phlebotomist. It may be weird but the process of drawing blood has always fascinated me. During college I worked in a health clinic and on a few occasions got to help the nurses with blood draws by holding the vials. Someday that dream may become a reality but until then I will just stay on the giving end of the donation process.
This adventure was completed with the help of a blood drive held in my YSA Stake. I made an appointment and got to head straight to the church on my way home from work. The wait wasn't long at all to get through the question portion of the screening. Before I knew it, I was laying in the oh so comfortable chair/lounger (don't know how to categorize it) and the donation part of the process began. I have always been a good bleeder so donating doesn't take me long. My competitive nature came out when a girl donating next to me was bragging about how long it had taken her to donate. Her worker said that it was the fast time of the night....Challenge Accepted!! I made sure that I was squeezing their little stress ball consistently so the blood could flow. In the end, I smoked her time! She was over 5 minutes and I was able to donate in just under 5 minutes. Pretty sure something about my great bleeding ability should make it onto my resume. That's a skill people are looking for, right?
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| Bleeding like a champ! |
Just like with the platelets, I feel lucky to be able to help those people who need blood. I have plenty, needles don't scare me, and it doesn't take much time. Hopefully I never have to be dependent on someone for blood but if something happens, I would pray that there are other people in the world willing to give.
-Em
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