Blood Donation

Just now I finished donating a pint of my blood to a good cause worth contributing. As a 9gager, my "faith in humanity was restored" when I sat in line amongst dozens of other students who wanted to save lives. But as a person I was really proud of both staff and donators.

I registered last week's Friday at Pace University for my first blood donation. I am not a needle phobic, but to be honest, a 16- gauge needle surprised me a while. Needles to say, these needles were bigger than conventional needles used for blood work. Simply picture a pic pen, take it apart and look at the tube that holds the ink. That should be as large as the needle gets.

Blood Center at Pace University

I do not know why I even thought of donating my blood, but then I realized that everyone's body had a pound of reserve blood; and by donating my blood I would be able to do a selfless act for somebody else who would need it. Just think about it, a pint of your own blood could do so much! The medics could use it to transfuse it to needing patients, or they could filter the blood into platelets, white blood cells and others for medical research. Contributing for humanity as God intended me to do. I was more than glad for my choice when I saw many of my friends and acquaintances doing the same as I.