For those of you who didn't know, my mom works for the American Red Cross, and she draws blood (well, supervises people who draw blood). So she goes out on a lot of blood drives to a lot of different places. Thursday she was in a mall, so I tagged along to spend time with mom, help out, and if I ever got bored I could go shopping. (:
It was actually pretty fun. We got there and it was pretty busy, but after the initial rush it was basically dead most of the evening. Because there was no volunteer for this drive, I checked people in. Basically, I told people to sign in, wrote their name on a sticker, and gave them that book thing that everyone is supposed to read when they give blood.
Since it was so slow, we didn't really have a lot to do, and so I crocheted a bit, shopped a bit, and got to hang out with mom and the other girls working.
The one thing I didn't do was give blood.
I've given blood twice in the past, and fainted (and puked.. gross) both times.
I tried to give blood the second time even though I had previously fainted because I have 0- blood, the rarest and always in demand blood. O Negative is the universal blood type, meaning everyone can take use my blood.
So I tried to give a second time and I fainted, so I think I'll give it a rest for a bit. I may try again, but not right now.
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