My last workshop was at the blood drive today 12/2/09.
The blood drive defers people that have had hepatitis immunization shots within the past 8 weeks so I had to go to the 7th floor medical records office to check. turns out i had the meningitis shot, so i donated a pint of blood for the first time in my life.
They start by pricking your finger to check for iron levels, measure your temperature with some sort of plastic that you hold under your tongue, and measure your blood pressure with the armband pump. If you have an iron deficiency, they defer you. The guy that checked me was a Dominican guy named Will. The people at the blood drive were really nice.
The machines there that hold your pouch of blood while youre giving blood lets off the coin sounds from super mario. There was also a machine called the Alyxx(sp?) machine. Its supposed to take twice the amount of blood cells, and less plasma (i guess its for people that are lighter weight, but im not sure).
I got a free red t-shirt (too bad they only had xl), and ate a bunch of snacks cause I didnt eat lunch yet. Didnt really feel light headed or anything, but started to grow tired after a few hours.