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I Gave 450cc of Blood

Yesterday, for the first time, I donated blood to the Red Cross. They were running a blood donation clinic at my gym, Waterfall in Olympic City 1. I was hoping to get some excercise in before I gave blood but the nurses talked me into just going through with it because they were afraid if I worked out I would lose too much fluid. I was actually a bit afraid when I saw how much blood they were taking out of people. You see the bags on TV but for my first time I couldn't imagine me losing that much blood in 7-12 minutes. It went faster than I thought though and overall I had no problems at all. Iris came over to meet up with me to talk and we held our little meeting playing arcade games the whole night. I haven't been to the arcades in such a long time.

The other bit of news. My cousin Raymond was officially married yesterday. I'm actually really sorry I couldn't make it. The plane ticket is pretty expensive and work is very busy. I wish them happiness and fortune for the future. They sound perfect for each other anyways. Since Raymond is a doctor there's no real reason to worry about them.

I hope giving blood doesn't affect me too much today as I plan to be a bit active.

posted by Tempest7 @ 12:07