Bryan and I went to give blood. Bryan has type O blood so they ask him to donate all the time. I’m boring A positive so I go once in a while to donate. We both had appointments the same day so Bryan changed his time so we would be there together.
I got there a few minutes early and got started on the intake process. Bryan showed up and started the process as well. I was ready to give blood so they had me sit down on a table and after a quick poke, my blood started filling the bag...really fast. The lady was kind of surprised and told me I would finish in a few minutes (it usually takes 8-10).
Meanwhile, Bryan is taken to a bed to start his donation and, as I watch, I can tell that it isn’t going well. The lady is going in at a weird angle and I could tell that she couldn’t find his vein. This continued as I watched and I didn’t like seeing Bryan in pain.
My bag finished filling in 3 minutes and 42 seconds. The lady told me that was super fast. She took the needle out and had me put my arm over my head while she finished labeling everything. I kept watching them as the third lady tried to find Bryan’s vein. It was then that I started feeling light headed. I told her and she had me take my mask off and wiggle my feet. I haven’t passed out a lot but I could tell there was no going back. So I laid my head back and told her I was going to pass out...and I did. 🤣
I had a crazy dream that had a lot of colors in it and a river. I woke up to two ladies yelling my name in my face. I said “I passed out didn’t I? I had a crazy dream.” They were really surprised that 1) I came to so coherent and 2) that I had a dream.
They had an ice bag behind my neck, the table was laid down, my right shoe was off, and kept me there for a while while they finally decided that they couldn’t find Bryan’s vein. He came over to sit with me until they cleared me to leave. The woman said I passed out because my blood came out too fast. Bryan thinks I passed out because I was upset with how he was in pain. I think it was probably a combination of both. I don’t think I’ll donate again for a while. But I have a good story.
Bryan ended up with a HUGE bruise. The first picture is the day after and the second is 5-7 days after. It was huge!
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