Archive for June, 2009
Blood
On the subject of blood.
I have always enjoyed giving blood. I think it stemmed from having my blood drawn for a Lymes test when I was four. My mom held out a $20 to distract me from the needle and my screaming fit. As I remember it i looked away for a momnet but the prick brought my attention right back to the needle and the glorious RED that it produced.
Since that time I have fancied myself a vampire, and I believed it until my vegitarian ways and nighttime teeth grinding wore my fangs down to almost flat nubs.
I still do love the color of blood. And even more so the HEAT. That is what surprised me the most after my first blood donation done on a whim at a mobile blood draw. To feel the heat that comes from your blood. Nearly 100 degrees. From inside your body straight into a little bag you can hold in the palm of your hand.
A little bag that might save 3 lives.
