Blood means life. Give life today.

After some persuading from my sec school teacher, i started donating blood last year. First time experience was rather scary as i don't know what is the procedure and how i would feel after the donation. But the truth is, its quite different from what i had excepted. It rather painless except for the injection that was given to numb your arm.

Went for my 3rd donation today. Its best to go during the weekdays as the queue is so much shorter!!! We were given a de-stress ball to faciliate the blood flow. Everytime i go for my blood donation, i was given a different one. For my last trip, i was given a "purple heart". But for today, i was given a "red heart" with a smiley face.

After you are done with your donation, the nurse would bandage up your arm with pretty bandages!! Hehe...So far, i had a purple and orange bandage. And today's is a pink one (hehe so my aim is to collect a diff colour each time!).

Blood is vital to life and for many people, blood donors are their life-line. At least 200 blood donations are needed each day in Singapore to meet the needs of patients. Your blood donation could help save the life of an accident victim, a patient with kidney failure, liver disease or burns, a newborn baby, someone undergoing major surgery or a patient living with cancer or severe anaemia. Modern processing techniques mean that a single blood donation, when separated into its components, can help at least three different patients.

So what are you waiting for? Give life today. For more information please click here.