I vant to suck your blood... Or not

[animeartistjo]

Today, I donated blood again. This time, snahjerblah came with me. The lines to process the required paperwork were long and I had to go through them twice, being the great n00b I oftentimes am and thinking I did not need to. XD Seeing this, my blood-buddy went to go see her T.A. about a math question and left. When she returned, I was just finishing with my temperature check and such.

Unlike the previous time, when it took me half an hour to fill up the pint bag, I only took about five minutes. The loved my vein. Apparently, it's very easy to find. XD

Poor snahjerblah took a little longer, but that wasn't the issue. Initially, she had doubts about the nurse finding her vein. Past experiences with I.V. and blood tests made her aware that her veins were particularly difficult to find. The nurse today had only a little trouble, but it was only after the bag was almost filled that snahjerblah complained of dizziness. The nurse told her to keep her eyes open, inclined the chair even more so her feet were elevated, and put cold, damp paper towels on her forehead and neck. She told snahjerblah to cough deeply a few times to get her blood pressure up and when she'd removed the pressure cuff and bandaged up the needle's entry point, made snahjerblah remain in the chair for another few minutes. Another nurse gave my swooning roommate a cup of 7 Up. Later on, snahjerblah scares me some more when she told me that at the time, she was not only light headed, but her ears were ringing so badly, she hadn't noticed the nurse taking the last blood samples, removing the needle, or bandaging the wound. She wants to do again in April, though.

After that little panic, we moved on to the refreshments and the selection this time far out-classed the meager offerings I had last time. This time, not only were there the usual popcorn, juices, cookies, and doughnuts, there were also turkey or roast beef sandwiches, brownies, and lemon bars! >.< We each had a doughnut and a turkey sandwhich. snahjerblah also ate some goldfish crackers and cookies. We each took a beef sandwich on our way out for dinner. I guess we bartered our blood for a t-shirt, albeit a nicely designed one, and some food.

Comments

[snahjerblah.livejournal.com]

7 is a lucky number. Thank you for mentioning me so many times. >_>

Yes, it was an interesting experience and we shall do it again but next time with more food.

[enchanted-jae.livejournal.com]

Yay, you!