On Monday, Liz (my older sister who is visiting,) and I went in to the Corvallis Clinic for this week's blood check, and found my hemoglobin level was back down to 6.8... So I had to go to the short stay part of the hospital (Good Sam.)yesterday, for 3 more bags of blood to be transfused. Nice way to spend a Tuesday, but better than the alternative for certain.
I'm not 100% certain, but I think now I may know all the spots for blood transfusion at the hospital, but don't hold me to it, as this spot was new to me (this was the quickest option where they could do a 3-bag transfusion.)
Nice and solid nursing staff. But it wouldn't be the Dogpatch without some sort of issue. Monday we had to drive back to the clinic for a total of 3 times, (hgb level, blood type which had been labeled with a smudged letter and was in turn not accepted by the hospital which required another blood type draw. It's about 20 minutes there and we had to go back and forth from home as we we're contacted as we arrived home each time.
They check for antibodies and type if you need blood and haven't had that done within 3 days of appt. It's for the potential changing of antibodies vs type which doesn't change. The 3-day window seemed odd to me until this detail was shared.
So we're hanging at home now, but I'm sure happy to catch this early enough to not need an overnight stay again (also better than the alternative.)
I'll likely need an occasional transfusion but for now I'm felling decently. And there almost was a nurse fight outside of my room (the RNA slid the door shut so I can't report the drama.) Frankly I'd rather not see that anyway.
Hope all have a fun Halloween, and I think everyone who reads this should take costume inspiration from our girls!
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