Moritz Life

I decided to donate blood today because I hadn't done it all summer long. When I was allowed to donate blood, I donated at every single blood drive that was held at Fresno State. Now that I no longer attend Fresno State and have the regular blood drives announced to remind me when I should be giving blood, I have to make time on my off days. Fortunately I work right across the street from the main blood clinic in Fresno, and I live just down the street from the other blood center location in the city. So I am never that far from giving up a pint of blood.

Anyways, this morning I headed over the blood center, and donated blood. The Phlebotomist was one of the worst I've ever had. She stuck the needle into my arm (the process I always make sure to watch) and she must have missed the vein, because no blood came through the pipes. She then started to move the needle around inside my arm trying to get it in the right location. When I took my bandage off later today I noticed I have a good amount of bruising at the extraction site. I've never really had this much bruising before. The other thing I'm also a little bitter about is that they did not have any pink bandages with which to wrap up my arm. I always get pink, except for today, I had to get blue.