So first of all, there were lots of different nurses working yesterday and they were not very nice, so strike one.
I went back to get my temperature taken and it was 99.3 which it has to below 99.5 in order to give blood. (so that made me nervous) And the really ornery nurse asked me if I was feeling well, I actually felt great despite having sore legs from working out that morning. A womans body temperature fluctuates throughout the month. oh well, clearly I know more than that nurse. Strike two - Don't ask me if I'm feeling alright, if I didnt feel well I would not be donating blood.
Then she proceeded to give me a nice little pin prick to get my hemoglobin....and as she does this, she squeezes my finger at least 5 times to get some blood finally the sixth time must have been the charm as she finally put the slide in the machine. It took way to long so I knew something was up. It beeped and said LL which I guess meant that my hemoglobin was to low. Really? Maybe if you had told me to warm up my fingers a little or taken one of the first drops of blood, I could already be done but of course not. So she proceeds to tell me that I can try the other hand, so I say sure why not. I get poked yet again by a different but still hostile looking nurse, and this time my hemoglobin is 12.2 but it has to be 12.5 in order to donate. Strike three - Please act a little bit sympathetic toward me, you are a nurse after all and I am trying to do something good.
Its just super annoying to me that I could not give blood yesterday, I wasn't even anemic. My hemoglobin was well within normal range but it has to be at 12.5 in order to give blood. Seeing as it was at 12.2, I wish I could have at least been able to do decide if I wanted to give blood, but no the mean nurses and The Red Cross get to make those decisions for me. UGH!!
Ok my ranting is done. Better luck next time!
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