Donating Blood

On Saturday Bonnie and I decided to be good girls and donate blood. We have a blood bank less than a mile away, so we went over there first thing. I haven't donated since high school, but I want to do what I can to help others out. While I was sitting in the chair with blood being drawn from my veins, the technician was asking me what else I was doing that day. I said that I had a hair appointment in the afternoon and a soccer game later that day. She made a funny face and said that I wasn't suppose to exercise for 24 hours after I donated, but said that I'd be fine as long as I hydrated a lot before the game. She also said that I wasn't suppose to be doing any heavy lifting for 24 hours too. Yeah right. I have two kids who like their mommy to hold them. Once I was done she wrapped my arm up and told me not to take it off for four hours. Okay whatever. As soon as I took the wrap off four hours later, I looked like a druggie. I have a huge purple bruise. Nice. On Sunday the bruise has grown some, but I think it is the blood just running down my arm a little more. I'm going to try to run by there today to see what they say caused it. The tech had a little of a hard time finding my vein, but I didn't think I'd look like this after doing a good thing.