Wednesday, April 8, 2009

BLOOD!!!



So i had to get my blood drawn... and i was like great.. this is gonna suck. I'm dehydrated, and even if i drink TWO gallons of water the day before, it won't matter, and i'll still be dehydrated. So we go in.. it's a huge ordeal, cuz the first place we went to wouldn't do it, and then we had to go to the hospital. And register... So by the time we actually had to get our blood drawn, we were all bored and just wanted to get it over with. So Mason and Grant wanted to go first, and I let them, which was a bad idea. I should've gone first... So i end up going in 4th, after Camille. I get in, the flobotomist feels one arm... then the other.. then back to the first.. and the other one again. And she sticks the needle in. Of course, it doesn't make it to the vein, so she's digging around in my interstitial fluid, and it KEEPS hurting. See, normally, they stick you once, it hurts, and then it stops hurting. But NOT this time.. SO that didn't get any blood, so back to the other arm. No blood. By this time, there are 2-3 flobotomists in there all staring and talking to and about me. Now the second one tries. But now they go for my hand. This yields how much? ONE VIAL OF BLOOD. I needed 5. WOOT! 1 down, 4 to GO! By this time, Mom and Trevor had finished, everyone was waiting for me, Grant and Mason had run back to see me cuz they were wondering.. What's taking so dang long?? Then, we wait around for the 3rd flobotomist to stick me. She feels around, pokes me, and slowly gets all the rest of the blood. It took FOREVER!!! i had three bandages, and a couple pretty bruises :P Pretty much one of the worst blood drawing experiences ever. But hey, at least I didn't almost faint this time. I think it was because I was mostly laying down instead of sitting.. but who knows? My veins kinda suck... if you didn't notice hahaha

4 comments:

  1. I feel your pain girlfriend.... I always get stuck multiple times and have MANY bruises. I have always had a problem bloodletting.

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  2. yah it sucks. AND NO!! that's not my arm.. silly. :) that's some random guys arm that i found on google :P hey mom. don't be hatin. it was long and painful..

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