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audentes fortuna juvat: it was 450cc of blood!!
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chalkleight
chalkleight
Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines
usually first impression s'kin mataray,masungit and the likes..uhm,sad to say totoo un kc hndi ako msyadong sociable unless there's something in one person that i really like..sbi ng mga close s'kin good listener dw ako but i think im better in ignoring what they are saying pero when i feel n kylangn mo tlga ng mkikinig sau game ako lalo n kung nkakarelate ako s topic mo..'yoko s mga self-proclaimed..those who say a lot 'bout themselves (who cares 'bout them,anyway?) hehehe..trip ko mga humorous kc moody ako..another thing 'bout me is ung temper ko..uhm,it's always at the edge, u knw what i mean..if u nid 2 knw more basahin mo mga testi s'kin kc im sure they say a lot of things 'bout me.. :]
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Saturday, October 03, 2009
it was 450cc of blood!!
it was 450cc of blood!!
first sunday without the exhausting thought that the next day would be the first day of work for the week..yet again, there was no need for me to remind myself that i already have no job waiting for me on monday..i already spent a lot of time last night thinking about how it will be for me for the coming days that the pressure of waking up early has already vanished. not that im missing biotech already..it wont happen..i just cant imagine myself assuming every weekday as if it is weekend with somebody absent.
and for today, i decided to answer to one of my friends' request that i donate blood and save lives..so after getting out of bed, i took a quick shower and headed to where they were..still with bedmarks..argh.
i was the last donor..after i filled up the necesarry papers and finished the basic physical examination, it began..it was the panicky feeling that makes me want to back out and go away from the huge needle and blood bag, not to mention the one who will draw blood from me..
it took me a while to convince myself more that i can do it..that i will not die after whatever will happen..it was my first time to donate blood so it was not easy for me. i thought i'll pass out. i was already drawing more attention than necesarry so i decided to settle down and allow myself to breathe in a calm-what-may manner.
then it came..the needle was so huge, i remember the one we're using for drawing blood from sheep for making blood agar. we usually require 25ml of blood for 300ml agar..though i did not experience drawing it myself, i visualized how it was for the sheep..poor little creature..and i got a 450ml blood bag to fill..poor shara..
it seemed forever..a big needle injected to my right arm which is connected to a transparent bag which seemed bottomless..i was not able to really look at the setup..i might collapse..all i could see was the paleness of my other palm..all i could feel was the stinging sensation on the sacrificed arm..all i could hear was my friend commenting on how pale i looked that i might need a blood transfusion afterwards.
they gave me a stress reliever so as to avoid blood clotting..i have to press it while the tube continually sucks on my blood..and my goodness! it was an added burden. i was trembling!
but then again, after 800 years, it was finished. the blood bag was full and the needle was separated from my agonizing right arm.
i donated blood and i saved lives..
and i know it will take another century for me to be convinced to do it again..
