Botched Blood Donation

   

My blood donation failed when technician evidently missed my vein. Yet the insertion point seemed to bleed more than normal and I was wrapped up with a tourniquet bandage, instructed to leave it on for 1 hour.

Friday the 13th 2022.

I went to Red Cross in Watertown, NY this morning to make a blood donation at 11:00. It went normally until the needle was inserted into my arm. My blood did not flow properly. The attendant tried to adjust it somehow, became frustrated and called a supervisor to assist. They could not get the blood to flow as it should. Re-adjusting the needle caused me some pain. They put a blood pressure cuff on my arm and pumped it up, I assume to create extra pressure that might assist the blood flow. I'm speculating and didn't ask them for an explanation. I got the impression that they missed the vein. The super told the subordinate that she should have used a different, adjacent vein. They decided to unhook me and abandon the donation. The insertion point seemed to bleed more than normal and I was wrapped up with a tourniquet bandage, instructed to leave it on for 1 hour. That was a first. Over all I was uncomfortable about how it all went. I left concerned. 

I then went to the Sportsman's Barber Shop and got a haircut. $14.00 for the cut, I gave her $20.00 (4^.00 tip). 

Went home from there and helped the Better Half carry in some groceries. About 3:00 I went back to town to do some painting on our Franklin St property. At 5:30 I showed a Clay St apartment to a young woman. She wants to lease it. She seems like a good person. Will probably rent to her.

Got home about 6:30 and mowed our lawn. It was quite warm today, hitting a high of 80 degrees.