It's 4:15 AM and I'm eating ice cream . . .

[Bullwinkle925]

a rather belatedly 'Happy Birthday to Me' kind of thing.

Got my birthday wish - my husband didn't die from his blood transfusion.

He was admitted last evening to be transfused since his hgb had dropped to 5.5 - the dr. told me that 4.5 was death. He had developed a severe antibody from his one and only transfusion in the past and they had a difficult time finding blood for him this time. They had to transfuse him in the hospital since he was at a severe high risk of death from this transfusion.
Seems the worst is over - in respect to the transfusion - but now to work him up to find out why his hgb counts are dropping.

At any rate - some good news is better than none.

[Tektonik]

1. It's 4:25

and I'm eating a bowl of granola, almonds, and unsweetened kefir



but like 5 minutes before I ate a square of cookie dough :9

[Bullwinkle925]

2. i didn't have any cake yesterday . . .

awakened feeling hungry and decided to go for the Dreyers Light Mint Chocolate Chip.

what the hell, right?

[grasswire]

3. anyone who is awake due to health issues...

...can have whatever they want.

Some others of us are on a night watch tonight, too. I've been awake for two hours wondering whether or not to go to the ER.

[Bullwinkle925]

5. I hope this finds you doing much better today.

:hug: :hug: :hug:

[grasswire]

4. is there some kind of synthetic substitute they can use?

I honestly don't know what is done when someone can't be transfused. And I know a fair amount about rudimentary medicine.

[Bullwinkle925]

6. no - they are giving him the *best* match they can - but it's still

very risky. they're doing the best they can under the circumstances. thanks for your thoughts.