Apr 11, 2006 17:48
I decided to give blood today, rather spur of the moment. I figured, "hey, its not gonna hurt that badly, definately not as much as someone who needs blood", and i was right, it didnt. However, i ended up almost passing out. I was almost done when i started getting really hot, so all of a sudden some nurse runs over and lifts my legs up and someone else starts throwing cold towels on my head. They keep telling me to cough because it'll get oxygen to my brain. I think i'm fine and they're detaching the bag and all when i almost pass out on the table, so they pull my boots off to get more air to me. I ended up having to lay around drinking juice for an hour before i could stand up and make the journey to my car. i'm still getting really winded and tired from like, standing, even though this all started at 2:30 (now 6 pm).
i hope that person sure enjoys that bag of blood because its caused me plenty of trouble.
oh yeah and ripping the medical tape that was all around my arm off was not fun. the needle hurt less.