I donate blood to the Red Cross every 56 days or so, sometimes I go a little more. Today in St Louis the Cardinals baseball team were sponsoring the blood drive at a local recreation center. I went as always to donate blood and since my wife is a huge fan she got to meet one of the players (McClellan or something) and get a T-Shirt. He was real cool and took a pic with her and signed the shirt, which made her happy.
During the blood drawing my vein stopped giving up blood, so they turned and twisted it to get it going again without success. They had it too deep and I could feel it hitting lots of things besides my vein. They had to pull it out and asked if they could do the other arm instead. I obliged and they were nearing the end and it stopped again!
They asked my permission to restick the other arm again in a different spot to get the last little out and I said yes. Because without having all of the blood properly they would have to toss my donation all together.
The lady started to prep my 3rd spot and told me to squeeze the ball to get my vein to pop. They hadn't fully gauzed the first spot and when I pumped the ball my blood sprayed out!!
You should have seen they're faces! I was grabbing paper towels and holding it down while the blood poured out all over my arm and hand. I laughed the whole time, and I'm sure from a distance I looked like a complete psycho.
Anyway I did finally finish and get the right amount of donation out and I'm fine. Well, except for a bit of bruising.
It was just really funny and I had to share.

During the blood drawing my vein stopped giving up blood, so they turned and twisted it to get it going again without success. They had it too deep and I could feel it hitting lots of things besides my vein. They had to pull it out and asked if they could do the other arm instead. I obliged and they were nearing the end and it stopped again!
They asked my permission to restick the other arm again in a different spot to get the last little out and I said yes. Because without having all of the blood properly they would have to toss my donation all together.
The lady started to prep my 3rd spot and told me to squeeze the ball to get my vein to pop. They hadn't fully gauzed the first spot and when I pumped the ball my blood sprayed out!!

You should have seen they're faces! I was grabbing paper towels and holding it down while the blood poured out all over my arm and hand. I laughed the whole time, and I'm sure from a distance I looked like a complete psycho.
Anyway I did finally finish and get the right amount of donation out and I'm fine. Well, except for a bit of bruising.
It was just really funny and I had to share.