Certified Blood Donor!

This week in UIC main campus celebrates the Medical Technology/Medical Laboratory Scientist Week where they showcase their equipments and other laboratory tools at the same time share their knowledge about human biology and other scientific activities, haha!. Today was the BLEED for LOVE day where they find donors who can donate at least 450 mL of their blood. And as for me who aims on reaching out people with my ltittle help I voluntered to be one of the blood donors. Before being qualified to be a blood donor I have to undergo first on a screening where they examine my health condition specially my precious blood. First, they identify what blood type I have then took me a BP (Blood Pressure), weight me and finally consulted on a School Physician. After all the screening I was given a rubber like bag from Red Cross where my blood should be placed. I already told Judee Ann the one who recruited me that after the screening I should take up my lunch first 'coz it's quite nervous and I also feel hungry, although Judee Ann agreed with me when she asked permission from their head unfortunately she didn't permit me to do so, then I stayed and wait for my turn. I was really nervous that moment since it was my first time to donate my blood and to be injected with that violently needle-hole. After a short period of time it was finally my turn to be blood sucked, I was lieng on the folding bed squeezing that soft like foam ball waiting to be injected, the time has come, the atmosephere was changing, my heart beats so fast, my body temperature rise, my breath were so deep and .... ouch I was injected. After that injection I tried to make my self calm and comfortable 'coz as what I've heard blood won't come out if you are so scared. Then a minute later I am having problem with my vein or I guess with my blood or maybe by the way it flow, the blood that was running on my tube was gently slowing down until it worn out of blood, so they've decided to remove it and that was another .... ouch. The assistor asked a Red Cross personel what to do then a Red Cross personel came to me asking me if it is ok to transfer the BLOOD-SUCKING PROCESS on my other right arm's vein and since I've already started it then I should've finished it. So I allow them to continue the process on my other arm and .... ouch again, until they've successfully get enough blood from me. I was happy after that, I felt like I just completed an achievement of helping other people through my precious blood, I was hurt but I helped...