Donation failed

Woke up early yesterday morning to pack, a little. Folded Ethan's clothings already and took out unnecessary ones. Went to playgroup after that, said goodbyes. Then went for dim sum lunch with a couple of Eddie's friends. After that gone shopping, bought some stuffs, mostly for Ethan. While we were heading home only I remembered that I had an appointment to donate blood, which I was late for. I asked Eddie to drop me off anyway. Got there and as usual they gave me a form to fill in, and write my weight at the top right corner of the front of the form. Always hated that part. I was brought in for the interview right after I finished filling in the form. Not too busy I suppose. There's where donors are questioned about the answers they put in the form, and get their blood pressure and iron level checked. Everything was fine with me until she checked my iron level.

Interviewer: The last time you came in your iron level was at the minimum. Did you take more red meat, leafy veges and orange juice?
Me: ??? I'm sorry? My iron level is low?
Interviewer: No, it's not low. It's at the minimum level needed for you to donate blood.

Nobody told me that my iron level was at the minimum level. So she poked my finger and took some blood and put it into a machine. A moment later it goes 'beep, beep'. The screen showed 115. Minimum level is 120. So she took some blood and checked again, 112. And repeated two more times but all below 120. Then she asked if I want my sample blood to be taken to have more accurate reading, has to be taken from the arm. I agreed. She did that and came back with the same reading. So what's the outcome? I cannot donate blood for the next six months. She appreciated that I went there and told me to go get something to munch anyway, which I did, and took the next bus home.

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