Blood Donation
Ta Dah!!!! I gave blood yesterday. This is my 8th (?) or more donations since I arrived in Australia. I am frequent donor. I am kinda lost count here. Hmmm..at least 2-3 times a year. *whatever*. Doesn’t matter.
I gave standard 470mL of A+ blood; it took 6 min 10 sec to bleed out everything. Cool ah! The nurse said my blood flow like spring water. =) Oh well, mustta take credit for that. I had a heavy meal plus 4 jumbo glass of water. Of course, they bleed well =)
Blood Donation Center gave me a sticker “Be nice to me… I gave blood Today”. This is a licence for me to remind Kian and friends to be EXTRA nice to me. But, I don’t think the are really listening. I wanted to have roast duck, but they all wanted to go somewhere else! Hey! I gave blood, dude! Be nice to me… =(
(I think this is the problem when I donate too much blood, they just seem dont care much anymore. mmHmm.. )
Uh Uh Uh!! Australia Red Cross gave me some finger food. I love the cheese and cracker the best. I wanted Kit Kat, but they gave me Mars bar instead. (where got such thing as “be nice to me”?) I used to get these heavy buttered short-bread with “Thank You” printing on it, but apprently, they just give a normal short-bread. Hmm.. not nice at all. Anyway, it doesnt matter at all. I didn’t actually want to take these food home, but the nurse insisted me to bring them with me. Oh! how sweet was she =)
The nurse reminded me “No house works, no cooking! You gonna sit back, and watch tv.”
“Ok.. cheers!! ah! we have good weather today.. how bout golf?”
“Don’t you ever think about it, young lady!!” I can see the nurse looking at me, with dilated pupils in her big eyes.
*shy*
Oh yeah!
Kian made a brain-striking statement : Blood donation indeed is a selfish act … like you just want to make yourself feel better.
Is that right??????? *big question*
I used to feel extraordinary fabulous when I started giving blood. I used to think it was a big deal. Bah!! But, not now, not anymore. It was just bloody 470mL A+. It is nothing.
So therefore, I try to brush off my “ego-ism” by turning the donation into routine, and let the extraordinary become ordinary.
*amitaba*
I know there are few people out there who are scared to donate blood cos of the big needle.
Keep up the good work
i donated the 2nd time only
paiseh
chen: the big jumbo needle is not painful, the small one they use to test haemoglobin and iron level–ah! thats painful. just like forever-kena-bitten-by-ant feeling
jellyfish: no lah! at least you doing something =)
wuah untung donate blood in ozzy la .. can get so many goodies one lol
wingz: aiyah, only few crackers =) they do give out souveniers when you are “upgraded” =)