Their system went down

Pretty uneventful getting to the hospital.  When I got there his nurse told me Ron was getting a unit of blood.  I was very surprised. 

I have to work tomorrow, so I had planned to leave early.  Instead, I planned to wait until after they loaded the blood and gave it to him for an hour, then leave.  The transfusion will take 4 hours. 

BUT their computer system went down, so no blood today.  I hung out with Ron. 

I thought it was significant that Doc came early.  He said he was worried about Ron, he was a complex case, and he needed to see Ron's numbers come up significantly before Ron could come home.  He said a normal value for an adult male is 14, and Ron was a 7.  That's not good. 

So, he ordered blood.  Doc wanted to see the medication, so I gave it to him, he looked at it, read the label, etc.  Then he gave it back.  He apologized to Ron, said he knew Ron wanted to go home, but he couldn't go until he was healthy. 

Then he left. 

I helped Ron eat lunch, we watched TV for a while.  He took a nap and I helped him go to the bathroom.  I bought some cold Diet Dr Pepper.  I called the vending guy because one of his machines went down.  He thought I wanted a refund, I told him no, I am in vending and I would want to know if one of my machines went down. 

I arranged with Chuck to bring me from work, to the hospital, tomorrow.  Later on, I arranged with a cab driver to take me to work.  Good.  We can't pay the bills if someone's not working.  It shouldn't take too long, and I will be at the hospital before Doc comes by again. 

Transportation is always my achilles heel.  But I have that covered. 

I hung out with Ron until 6:30, then had him call me a cab.  A nice guy came for me eventually.  Some emergency room patients tried to steal the cab but he didn't let them.  I was going to be a pretty good trip ($20+) and they looked a little iffy to me.  He's the one who's going to take me to work tomorrow. 

I got home and the cats were all over, meowing.  I fed them and topped off the water bowls, gave some treats. 

They kept giving Ron shots of blood thinner today so apparently they aren't worried about that.  Apparently the clots and preventing more clots is a bigger deal.   His legs look great. 

It did freak me out, Ron bled a LOT when they started a new IV.  And I'm not squeamish. 

It's 8 PM and I have to get up at 3:30 AM.  Off I go.