[She gives the crook of his elbow a quick look over, pressing at it with her fingers, and decides his veins are visible enough that she doesn't really need to use the blood pressure cuff (which makes her job a little easier, because it's one less thing to get cleaned later). She scrubs the inside of his elbow with the iodine swab for roughly thirty seconds, and then tosses that in the garbage bin. She takes a moment to hand him a strange cylindrical thing, saying that he should squeeze it every so often during the donation, and then goes back to other things. There's a machine that she managed to sneak in too (somehow), and she gets that ready, before picking up the IV and taping it to his arm. A few more checks on the bag, and then if all is well and he doesn't stop her, the needle gets stuck in his arm.
Thankfully, Sa'ida is a very experienced nurse, so she doesn't miss the vein. Blood starts flowing through the tubes immediately, and she tapes the IV down near the entrance site as well, before covering that with a large square of gauze and taping that down.]
I'm afraid this isn't an immediate thing, dear. You'll have to wait for about fifteen minutes. Try not to move your arm too much.
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Thankfully, Sa'ida is a very experienced nurse, so she doesn't miss the vein. Blood starts flowing through the tubes immediately, and she tapes the IV down near the entrance site as well, before covering that with a large square of gauze and taping that down.]
I'm afraid this isn't an immediate thing, dear. You'll have to wait for about fifteen minutes. Try not to move your arm too much.