Pelangi Petang Production

Today I give my blood again, for our experiment. I used to donate my blood several times before to be used in our experiment and all went well. But today, it is more painful than before and I have never felt this kind of pain when donating my blood. What happened, meh?

Most people will give their left hand but in my case, I used to give my right hand because the vein of my right hand side can be seen clearer than the left side. So it will facilitates the officer to withdraw the blood and it will be less painful. But this time, the moment the needle goes into my vein, I was like, having a little shock due to the pain. The inner me says - “Ouch! That’s quite a pain” and again, when the officer withdraw the needle from my vein, I can feel the movement of the needle and it is more painful! Later, the pain does not stop there. It continues like an electrical current. Oh, what had happened today?

My friend said that, if you felt that kind of pain, that’s mean the needle has gone through your blood vessel and later you’ll see a bruise at the point of injection. Is it true? I don’t know myself but just by looking at the point of injection, I know something that had never happened before has happened today. Oh, what I’m babbling about.

I don’t mind donating my blood for experiment because it’s quite… fun. Furthermore, the officer who withdrawn our blood is fun to be with. She is very much older than us but we called her Kakak *takkan nak panggil makcik kan*. She’s from Sarawak. Whenever she has finished withdrawing our blood, she would say - “Bah, next person, please”. I laughed the first time I heard that. Bah is a Sarawakian expression. She also facilitates us during our labs especially Hematology and sometimes Immunology.

Oh, I hope my hand will recover very soon. I can still feel the pain at the point of injection but not as much as before.