Blood Pressure
May. 12th, 2022 11:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ndrosenThere was a bloodmobile at the Patent Office, soI went down there to donate. My blood pressure was 87 over 57, which wasn’t high enough, but the lady said I could come back in ten minutes and try again. I spent the ten minutes walking briskly up and down a twenty-four step staircase in the Patent Office, and when I came back, my blood pressure was 109 over 64, which was good enough, although my pulse of 92 gave rise to some concern; I don’t know what my pulse was the first time.
Anyway, they let me donate. I would normally have waited until June, as I prefer three months to recover between donations, but I expect to be out of town for a few days at the time of the June blood drive.
I remember lovely azaleas from the Patent Office courtyard, but I seem to have arrived too late in the season to fully enjoy them; they were largely wilted.
Anyway, they let me donate. I would normally have waited until June, as I prefer three months to recover between donations, but I expect to be out of town for a few days at the time of the June blood drive.
I remember lovely azaleas from the Patent Office courtyard, but I seem to have arrived too late in the season to fully enjoy them; they were largely wilted.
