Blood Donation

[ndrosen]

I gave blood this morning. I had intended to use my left arm, since they had drawn blood from my right arm in November, but the phlebotomists were impressed by the excellent veins in my right arm, so they wanted to use that. It turns out that I had drawn Kevin, a trainee phlebotomist, who did the job while an older woman, Corina, supervised, reminding him of just what to do when.

I was inwardly less than delighted at having a trainee stick a needle into a major vein of mine, but I guess everyone has to start at some point, in any occupation, so I made no complaint, and I must say that he did no harm; I’ve had worse bruising on occasion with a phlebotomist who was not, so far as I’m aware, a trainee.