I guess I can blog again...

Yeah we all know I'm a terrible blogger. What else is new?

So in my last post I mentioned that I don't do well with people sticking needles in me. Do you want to hear the story? Alright here it goes....

Last year in my medical anatomy class, we got extra credit for participating in the blood drives at the school. Well my grade wasn't looking so great so I decided to go for it. They came and got me out of class and I filled out all of the paperwork. Then, they took me back to prick my finger to check my hemoglobin levels. I was doing pretty good until the blood stopped coming out of my finger and the girl started squeezing my finger to get more blood. That was not okay with me. I passed out in front of everyone. The girl sat me on the ground with my feet on a chair, got me some food and juice, and told me to not ever give blood again. Needless to say, I won't ever live that down.

I have avoided needles in me ever since.

So yesterday I was at my internship, (I'm doing rotations at Lakeview Hospital) and it was my day to be in the lab where they test blood and urine and all that. I go in and am talking with the tech and he is explaining everything when all of a sudden he says, "I would really like you to see how all of the machines work so lets take some blood and run all the tests for you!" Okay, so I'm thinking they are just going to prick my finger and run it through. I decided to be brave and try it out. So I go in a back room with the phlebotomist, and she pulls out a butterfly needle and tells me they are going to do a rainbow. That is a full scale blood test!! Like 5 tubes of blood! I can't even handle a stupid little finger prick! Anyway, I'm happy to tell you that I got as close as I could to passing out without actually passing out. Pretty impressive I must say! ;) The best part of it was that for the rest of my time in the lab, I just got to sit back and take it easy! And in case you were wondering, all of my blood tests came back great :)