Blood Extraction Blunder

He did it again.

Using his index finger, he pointed to his left cubital fossa (i.e. the front part of his elbow) while he was giving me this sly grin.

You see a few weeks ago, I extracted blood from him in that area but, lo and behold, I failed to hit his very prominent veins! (But hey, even the great Michael Jordan misses his shots!) So while swallowing my pride, I retracted my needle and transferred to the opposite site.

But my blunders don’t end there. I forgot that his laboratory request consist of Complete Blood Count (CBC), serum electrolytes, Fasting Blood Sugar (FBS), and Serum Creatinine which should be placed in 2 vials, one containing 2cc and the other 4cc. I used only a 3 cc syringe! So as soon as he went out (he was going to the Rehabilitation Medicine Department) I asked a medical technologist intern to follow him there and make another extraction (while thinking of a good alibi).

And since then, he repeated this gesture every time we cross paths (since we live in the same neighborhood). Probably it’s just a joke in his part (I know he’s a good man), but being reminded of your mistake all the time is no laughing matter.

Well, isn’t it the same with our greatest accuser—the devil? He never stops in pointing an accusing finger toward us, making us feel we’re hopeless, good for nothing and we can’t change from our past. He always tells it to our face us that we are sinners and sinners we will forever be. He presents us these lies, thus, making us forget the real value we always had.

Good thing our Father thinks otherwise.

He knows that we are sinners, and as sinners He already paid the price for our sins—both past and future. All we have to do is to accept that grace and repent. May this be the truth that will set us free from the lies of our enemy.

“Just one drop of His blood …
… washed away all of my sins.
Saved.”