First blood donation...........

4 February 2010,

Finally the day came for which i was waiting ever since i turned 18.

RED CROSS SOCIETY together with DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY conducted a blood donation camp in which hundreds of students & teachers actively participated.

4 february 2010

Place -Convocation Hall, DTU

Time 10:12 am

As expected i made my way to the centre & found lots of students, some undergoing donation process ,some having refreshments,some filling the forms & some just watching the scenario & trying to pose in as many pictures as possible among whom i was the one too.

1- Filled the form completely but got struck when asked the blood group. Yeah you are right I didn't knew my blood group & that was the thing for which I was most eager to know.The volunteer performed a few seconds test and said its "O",being too happy i forgot to ask the Rh factor(+/-).

2- Next step, the volunteers trying their best not to get any wrong person(suffering from diseases or alcoholic types) in asked me some questions which i easily got through, finally landing on the bed while seeing others doing things which I was doing some minutes ago.

3- The man came smiling & said it would pain a bit while others lying nearby laughed, he pierced the needle & blood drew through the tube leading to the packet. It took a few minutes while i closed & opened my wrists as I was asked.

4- Finally he removed the tube & put some liquid thing on the wound(i guess it was dettol).

oh my god !!! then came the immense pain, I almost had to close my eyes , it lasted a few seconds & then it was over.

5- I lay there a few minutes as i saw my blood carried away,& finally I was standing as fit & fine as ever. I had the refreshments which almost occupied every bit of my stomach & had to skip my lunch.

10:25 am

Place- Convocation Hall,DTU

As i moved out, i found my two friends standing a bit irritated as they were returned due to fever & underweight reasons. We headed straight for the class where we were all kicked out for coming late & we enjoyed the rest of time sitting outside the class on the stairs.

The duo moaned a bit for their attendance but i was really happy as i had my donor's card which i know will grant me the attendance if required......

DONT HESITATE IF YOU ARE ON THE VERGE OF SAVING LIFE, JUST DONATE BLOOD ITS REALLY NICE THING TO DO & YEAH!!!! IT WON'T DILUTE YOUR BLOOD. FURTHER THEY WILL RETUEN YOUR FAVOUR BY GIVING BLOOD TO ANY OF YOUR RELATIVES FOR FREE USING THE DONOR'S CARD I MENTIONED BEFORE..............