The Red Cross nurses must be really bored these days or something … . So today, at my bi-monthly blood-letting, I ended up in a bed that was anti-parallel to my friend Emily’s (coincidence that we went at the same hour). The nurse – apparently of the fun-loving type, as evidenced by her announcement that she would take the boy she’s babysitting to a fun rock concert tonight – decided that Emily and I ought to have a blood race (to see who leaks blood faster ..). So we were started simultaneously and told to read off each others’ volume progress. At first, Emily was way ahead – by at least 30 mL. But uhuhu, I caught a second wind, and the nurse excitedly started reading out the numbers like the score of a basketball game when we were within 1 mL of each other. “That was lame,” my friend concluded after I was declared the winner – stated in her usual even, distant voice.
Afterwards, I was talking to Alexis (from MITSO) and her friend, who were mightily amused at just how much juice and water I could chug. Alexis asked me, at some point, whether or not it would be okay to wipe off some of the iodine surrounding the bandage, to which I replied that it was perfectly fine (because it is). And then, for fun, I added, “If you use the paper towels in the bathroom right outside, you can watch them turn blue because of the starch.” I was totally not expecting her to brighten with glee. After our mandatory sitting period, I saw her rush over to the bathroom. I hope she’s pleased with the results ^^. It is indeed quite interesting to watch, even though I’ve done it so many times! Yellow … transforming into blue … it’s a gorgeous metamorphosis (chromamorphing?).
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