24th January, 2008
This Is The Donation
I donated blood today. Hurray! I barely made it too. My hemoglobin count was 12.6 and the minimum to donate is 12.5.
Well, here’s the story. So there were two stations today in one room: The Red Cross and UCSF (University of California San Francisco). I signed in and had asked to get tested first before I go through all the hoops and the person sent me to UCSF. They tested my right ring finger and the machine spat out a number of 14.4! I thought that was extremely abnormal considering when I test with the American Red Cross, it’s never, never, never that high.
They had me fill out some paperwork for UCSF and I decided that I wasn’t going to stay with them and asked to get sent over the American Red Cross instead since I already have a history with them. I want to keep all of my donation records in one place so I don’t have to worry about things.
Even though UCSF had tested me, the ARC had to test me too. They took my right middle finger and put that in the machine and it spat out the 12.6. Of course, that seemed like a more normal number for me, so I was just happy that it was good enough to donate.
Anyway, since I weigh about five pounds over their minimum weight and I donated about a pint of blood (probably more), I’m tired. I’m usually not tired, but today I am. I’d nap except I have to wait for the UPS man to return with my package and he’ll be here in about forty minutes. It might be good for a cat nap though.
Hmm. Kitties… I like the kitties…
Tags: donate blood
Posted at 3:49 pm |
On January 25, 2008 at 5:44 am Julie said:
January 25, 2008 at 5:44 am
Aren’t you the brave one. I don’t think I could ever donate blood, I mean needles scare me and are yucky so I prefer to be poked with them as little as possible. But good for you. Enjoy your cat nap.
On January 25, 2008 at 8:06 am Wendy Harman said:
January 25, 2008 at 8:06 am
Hi Maria! This is Wendy from the American Red Cross. I ran across your blog post this morning and just wanted to say, thanks for donating!
On January 26, 2008 at 7:24 am AtomiK Kitten said:
January 26, 2008 at 7:24 am
I donate from time to time…I should do it more, but I usually end up anemic. I barely meet the state minimum weight requirement. LOL I usually don’t do the Red Cross, but the Oklahoma Blood Institute. I’ll tell you what…the last time I donated blood was OU / TX weekend. NEVER tell a Texas joke until you are SURE the phlebotomist is not a Texas fan…otherwise she will hurt you.