Blood Donation Disaster

Have you ever had the feeling you were going to die at the blood bank? No, you say? Maybe you've passed out because you didn't have enough water in your body, but die? Isn't that a little dramatic? I mean nobody dies giving blood, huh. Well, maybe if you'd had the same girl trying to take your blood....Here's what happened.

I sat down in the chair and couldn't help but notice the lady next to me with her feet in the air and cold compress on her head. "How you doing Carla?" the blood girl asked her. She must have passed out, I thought. I will be fine. Of course I will be. The first time I did this, 4 months ago, I did great.

"A little pinch" said the blood girl. "OH MY... that was way more than a pinch!" It felt like she had just shoved a pencil up my arm! Think I'm being a big wanny? No I'm not. I've got the hole in my flesh to prove it. So things are getting better, I thought. Until blood girl removed the tape and tried to adjust the needle. "Everything okay?" I ask. "Oh, I think the needle is tapping on a valve." "what? A valve?" "Yeah, you know what that is, don't you?" she said looking at me like I was an idiot if I didn't. "A valve, well yeah (not really)" then she hits me with, "it's like a door and if the needle taps on the valve to many times, it may shut for good." "and that would be bad for me, right?" I said. With a smirky laugh she says "yeah, bad."

That's when I lost it. I got dizzy, nautious and tired. I imagined a blood clot forming in my arm and traveling to my heart. I became afraid that I would die right then and there. I saw a man running over to put a cold compress on my head and tip my chair so my feet would elevate. I remembered Carla. They told me to cough. I tried, but why do they want me to cough? It seemed like a strange request. "Get it out of me!!" I heard myself telling blood girl.

Soon I was back with the rest of the group. They have to by law, take the needle out when the donor says to. In the end, they were so close to getting a full pint. Not good enough. If they don't get the full pint, the blood doesn't get used. I left the place feeling like crap. I've had friends recently go through some tough surgeries. I know there is a huge need for blood. I have very healthy blood.

Discouraging setback. Next time I'll look for the older blood person who looks like they've drawn blood a thousand times. Not the young girl who gives little thought to what size needle she's ganna need. A person can give blood every 8 weeks.

As Jeff Foxworthy once said "All I need now is a beer and to see something naked!"

Go For It!

One person with a dream is equal to 99 who only have an interest.

More Jamaica: Save your money folks: It's the best vacation ever!

Montego Bay Shoreline, Jamaica

Of course I like you

Your chest is hairy
Your eyes are the shining star
On this clear, hot night

Sandy hair I feel
long thin fingers touching me
how can this be free?

Torment pain is hell
I like you and no one knows
of course: A fresh day

how's that?

Why?

I've been reading some of the blogs on this site. I like to write so I found another user who lists the same interest. He likes to write? Write what? Every other word is vulgar. I don't understand it? Is it just a low intellect that causes some to stick with familiar terms? Can their minds not comprehend the possibility of multiple means of expression? Money has nothing to do with it, so don't give me that bull- the poor are all stupid. I disagree. That's a lame excuse. Whatever... :)

I do however, see a correlation between swearing and the slammer. Keep that motor runnin and you'll be seein bars! Tell me, do they blog in jail?

Girls

Girls just wanna have fun! smile- it feels good

Gotcha!

Monday Aug. 2, 2004 was one of those days when you love to be a parent. Prepared with music, games and books, Katie & Megan were ready to spend the next couple of hours sitting in the waiting room at Carmax. Sliding down a 3 story tube filled with cool water lived only in their summertime dreams. The shock and disbelief that spread across those faces when I turned left into the sunsplash parking lot gave this parent pure joy. "Did I say Carmax? I meant Sunsplash." It took a few seconds, but it soon sank in that mom wasn't trying to torture them. She really means it. We're going to Sunsplash! Now I'm not much of a dare devil rider- but I must admit, those rides are fun!

Braveheart

"Every man dies, but not every man lives"

William Wallace

Arrival

Don't tell me, SHOW me
the air is thick with mist,
the girl is in pain, the water
is cold. Don't make me stumble.


Through a slow moving haze, a small dark figure appears to rise right out of the water. It's left side seems to be brighter than the rest, like a lighthouse warning it's guests of danger. "Is it land?" Annie wonders as she struggles to swim despite the 2 inch gash in her right shoulder. She feels her blood spilling away while her muscles grow stiff from the sting of the fridged water.

notes to self:
figure is how small? compare size to something. Describe all her senses. What does she hear? Is it night or day?