So... guess who gave blood for the first time today!
THIS GIRL! :D :D
It was so scary, and yet incredible exciting. And it was so gratifying! To know that by just taking forty-five minutes out of my day I could save three people's lives. :)
The worst part was definitely the finger prick at the beginning. Ouch. That hurt. And now my finger is bruised, so just sitting here typing hurts. :/ Ouchies.
And you know, when I passed out it wasn't even that bad.
Yes, I passed out.
But that's all right! I pass out quite a bit, actually. I talked to my dad about it, and it turns out that I just have a really sensitive vasovagal response. (Which, in English, pretty much just means that the littlest things like cramps, nausea, or even thinking about certain things can cause my heart to slow down, and not enough blolod gets to my brain.) I looked it up on Wikipedia, and it says that vasovagal syncope (fainting) is actually quite common. It says that 40%-50% of the population will pass out at least once in their life. Now... to me that doesn't sound very common. Less than half of the population will ever pass out in their life time? And a great part of those will only do so once? I must be pretty unique. Because I've passed out at least 20 times. The first time I was like 7, and I fell at Skateland. And the most recent time (other than today giving blood) was a couple months ago just randomly.
But anywho. I felt perfectly fine after I gave blood. :) And I got free Jamba Juice. :) It was great. But they said I shouldn't give blood again since I passed out. :( Which is unfair. I think I'm going to again anyway, and I'll just try harder to not pass out. :)
THIS GIRL! :D :D
It was so scary, and yet incredible exciting. And it was so gratifying! To know that by just taking forty-five minutes out of my day I could save three people's lives. :)
The worst part was definitely the finger prick at the beginning. Ouch. That hurt. And now my finger is bruised, so just sitting here typing hurts. :/ Ouchies.
And you know, when I passed out it wasn't even that bad.
Yes, I passed out.
But that's all right! I pass out quite a bit, actually. I talked to my dad about it, and it turns out that I just have a really sensitive vasovagal response. (Which, in English, pretty much just means that the littlest things like cramps, nausea, or even thinking about certain things can cause my heart to slow down, and not enough blolod gets to my brain.) I looked it up on Wikipedia, and it says that vasovagal syncope (fainting) is actually quite common. It says that 40%-50% of the population will pass out at least once in their life. Now... to me that doesn't sound very common. Less than half of the population will ever pass out in their life time? And a great part of those will only do so once? I must be pretty unique. Because I've passed out at least 20 times. The first time I was like 7, and I fell at Skateland. And the most recent time (other than today giving blood) was a couple months ago just randomly.
But anywho. I felt perfectly fine after I gave blood. :) And I got free Jamba Juice. :) It was great. But they said I shouldn't give blood again since I passed out. :( Which is unfair. I think I'm going to again anyway, and I'll just try harder to not pass out. :)
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