I walked into the Health Office on time for my 3:20 p.m. appointment, but I hadn’t filled out the forms, so the nurse had to wait 15 minutes while I completed them. I wanted to have my blood tested to see if I had received the measles vaccination. With the epidemic going around and the scare that happened on campus a few weeks ago, I couldn’t be too sure. As I was sitting there, listing my allergies and signing my name every other line, I was waiting for my photographer who was running later than I was.

He finally walked into the Health Office and after asking if he could take pictures, we walked into one of the offices. I was asked to sit down in this strange chair that looked as if it was going to electrocute me at midnight. The nurse pulled down an armrest across my lap, successfully confining me to the chair. I rolled my sleeve up and she tied a rubber tube around my arm.

Then it came out. She stuck the syringe into one of my veins. Slowly, my heart began to pump blood into the syringe and I could see it filling the syringe up. After about seven seconds, she pulled it out and replaced it with a piece of gauze. She then went on to dress the puncture and told me that due to the high amount of patients wanting to have their blood tested, they wouldn’t get the results back for about a week. I grabbed my backpack and walked out thinking, “that wasn’t so bad.”

For more info on the Measles’ scare on campus see https://www.moorparkreporter.com/4004121/student-life/whats-the-deal-with-measles/