With permission from Mike, I was able to count donating blood as a Student life assignment for the blogs. Donating blood was something I was always willing to do. So I thought I could kill two birds with one stone. This was my first time donating blood and I made a schedule online. The day of donating blood, you are supposed to drink a lot of water and eat well. When I got to the place, I had to make a donation card and fill out a bunch of forms and questionnaires so that they can see if I was eligible to donate blood. After I was claimed eligible to donate blood, I had to wait on a line which took like 30 minutes. When it was my turn I got up and sat an a reclined chair you would see in a hospital. The person that was taking my blood was very nice. He stopped the blood flow to my arm to locate the big vein he needed to inject the needle into. I;m not the type of person to get queasy when seeing blood so I was completely fine. After injecting me, I waited what seemed to be around 3 minutes but to my surprise, they told me it was actually 6 minutes. Apparently I was one of the people that finished quickly because I saw some people still drawing blood before I sat down. After I was finished they brought me to a table where there were an abundance of snacks. There were mostly snacks with sugar or salted-chips and apple juice. This was to prevent people from feinting or getting dizzy after donating blood. Of course I took some free snacks with me for the road. Overall, my experience was very delightful. I know some horror stories where people feint or have a huge bruise the next day at the spot where they drew blood. For me, it was completely fine. I would donate blood again and since I have a blood donor card, I don’t have to fill out the questionnaires again.
