Re: Mrs. Angry
Originally Posted by
Pats
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I'm confused Mups...you said in your first post that your mum refused the blood transfusion.
Very bad that she was discharged with canulas in situ.
Sorry Pats, I babble on and didn't explain properly. In the early days after diagnosis Mum used to have transfusions about every 3 months, then it got to 2 months and eventually as her illness progressed, they were not even lasting 2 months, so monthly ones were advised. (She has always refused Chemo). Then sometimes when she got to the hospital they hadn't cross matched her blood or even ordered any even though they had a sample the day before.
This made it a very long day from early in the morning, just hanging about for hours before they even started. She got so fed up with it, especially as the blood now didn't perk her up as much anymore, she told the consultant she wasn't going in anymore. She refused so many monthly appts. that she became very ill and anaemic. Then in February this year she was whisked into hospital again and while she was there, they offered her a transfusion and I suppose because she felt so awful, she agreed. She then felt quite a bit brighter and I remember saying to her I couldn't understand why she didn't want to feel like that all the time, and I couldn't see why anyone would
choose to feel worse than they have to.But when they let her back home, she went back to refusing the next 4 transfusions again! That's why she was lacking oxygen and couldn't breathe this weekend, and why we (me and the carer), called 111.