Blood donation


Today, I went for a blood donation. Yes, alone. As a human being, I surely felt a little scared. Actually, I wanted back off but thought that since I made a little promise to myself, I should not break it. I want to make a point to keep my promises because I do not want to hurt any innocent soul. I know how hurting it feels when promises are being broken.

Anyway, there were really a lot of people. I was the 193rd person of the day (but, later on, it was not because a few people ahead of me were not suitable for a blood donation).

There were five stations which I had to go through.


The first one was for the staff to key in my particulars


The second one was to check my blood pressure (which is 117/62. I heard that it is slightly lower than a normal person but it is all right to me), my heart beat per min (which is 75) and my temperature.


The third one was to check whether or not I was suitable for a blood donation. This was where the FIRST needle pierced through my skin. =( I was actually staring into space and wondering why it took so long to my turn. Little did I know that time passed by really fast, so *ta-dah* it was my turn already. I thought it would be painful but it was not. =)


The fourth station was the waiting area. It was where I started eating and drinking like a hungry ghost as I only had my breakfast. I had 2 packets of Milo and 2 packets of biscuit. =D *Satisfied*


Again, time passed by really fast. The fifth one should be the real scary one because there would be TWO needles. O.O If I am not wrong, the first one which is an injection, is to numb our nerve or something so we would not feel so much pain when the last, the biggest of all, goes through our skin. Again, I was a little frightened. SO, I told the nurse that “I don’t want to look at it; I don’t want to look at it.” The nurse replied saying “okay, okay. You don’t look but listen.” HAHAHA
I laid down there for about five minutes before the first injection. An ant's bite feel. =) The second one which will help to transfer the blood into the bag, looked scary. It was the most painful of all, but not very. =)

We were given a little red cushion to press against it so the blood will flow out faster. I wanted to go home and watch my programme so I pressed it quite fast. But, after a little while, my arm was quite tired so I stopped and totally forgot about it and took some photos! =D

After that, I felt a little giddy but it was still fine. =)

You may wonder why I wanted to donate my blood. When I first saw the banner, I started to think wild. I was thinking that it is really very sad if my friends/relatives passed away because of the lack of blood. This is really saddening. SO, I decided to do a part by helping someone out there. I hope that my blood is okay after being tested. =)


Anyway, the blood was a little warm when it flowed out.

Chu Er is a brave girl today! =D


There are some photos below but may be a little disgusting to some.



The little red cushion




ME! Okay. I know it is ugly but whatever! =p




For the two pictures below, my neighbour actually borrowed my hand-phone to take pictures of them.









My arm!


Me, in my room with my arm bandaged after the blood donation. Can you differentiate which is the real one and the reflected one? HA