Saturday, August 05, 2006
Have done a very meaningful thing on Wednesday...Which was to donate my precious blood to those who need it more than I do!!!...Let me share my 1st-time-blood-donating experience...Pearlyne, my 2 classmates and I were the 1st batch to arrive at the scene there at 11 am...I was so so excited and nervous when the lift was approaching level 9...After filling up the long form, we waited a while and when it was my turn, the nurse said that my hand was cold (cos I was too nervous)...But it was an acceptable temperature after she took my temp...My blood pressure was alright...What really scared her was my super fast heart beat...100/minute...Pearlyne's only 68/minute...What a huge difference! Then went for the blood test...It was a weird feeling when the other nurse was trying to squeeze the blood out from my finger.
Sitting on the chair for about 5 mins before the newbie nurse took my blood pressure again...Then the senior injected the 'ma zhui zhen' ...Not that painful...After a while, she inserted the tube which was painful but of course I endured it...Took about 10 mins for the bag of blood to be filled up...In the process, I wanted to close my eyes and took a rest but was not allowed cos they afraid that I suddenly fainted...I did not even look at the tube at all...I was sort of too afraid to do so...My left side of my body felt damn numb..So after I had finished the donation, I could not walk properly...Had milo for refreshment and went off for PUO lab...The nurses were really concerned about me cos I was the first time being there...At first, I thought that I could choose nice cute bandage but in the end, the bandage was fixed with 'GIVE BLOOD' printed there...
My feeling about the blood donation drive: Though it was painful for me when donating blood, it can't be compare to those who always have to insert the tubes to get the blood...So I'm willing to go for it again in the next semester! :)
Also on the same day, my PUO group stayed back till 9 pm to finish the report...My group was the only ones who stayed so long in school...
After reaching home, I removed the bandage...I realised that the blood still came out a bit....Felt really tired...I even dozed off while watching my favourite CSI...Slept at 12 am till 4 pm on the next day...However, it wasn't a good night sleep for me as I was having nightmares...I dreamt of myself being a CSI at the crime scene. I was having goosebump and did not dare to look at those gruesome corpses...It is my phobia that I have to overcome in order to become a detective...I'll try my best to overcome that!
Tomorrow is the finale of Superband...I'm really anticipating it! I don't have any preference for any group so it doesn't matter which group wins it...
*Still thinking whether to go for Li Sheng Jie's TP concert...hmmm... cos I do not have to go to school on that day...*
Sign off...
- 1:36:00 AM