The hematologist called in a prescription for Xarelto because he said it might be cheaper but so far, the pharmacy doesn’t have a price on it. He’s still taking the Eliquis. Coumadin and Warfarin were also mentioned but the doctor didn’t seem to prefer either of those over the Eliquis or Xarelto. When they took his catheter out, the doctor gave him Sulfameth to counter any possible infection and it broke him out in hives all over, so he had to quit that. Now he has bruises all over from scratching. Benadryl pills and ointment help with it some.
He is scared out of his mind of a colonoscopy because somebody he knew a long time ago had one and was dead 10 days later from colon cancer. I explained that he would have been dead 10 days later either way and the colonoscopy didn’t cause it, but he shuts down over it.
I think he’s just tired and over all of it.
Funny, I had a Patient few years ago who needed heart surgery. English was not her first language. She desperately needed cardiac surgery but she was afraid. She would not listen to anyone, Doctors, Nurses, social workers, none. I had actual reason to be in her room. My French is not as good as it was long ago, but we managed to chat a bit. I talked with her about my surgery. I showed her my surgical scars. Scarred, sort of, but there I was working years later. Mine was not CABG, but valve work, resulting from a childhood illness.
She after spoke with the Cardiologist and agreed to the surgery. That guy had no idea about my history, but he was all smiles at me after he realized what I had done for his Patient. He had seen me around plenty, but we never chatted.
Point is, sometimes just the right words can make a difference. I found them on that day. Life is worth every breath. God put the breath inside of us. We are entitled to every single breath that we can grab. The word respiration is derived from ‘spiritos’ the Greeks gave us that word, God provided the Spirit. Here is to you finding the words. Maybe an Angel will help.
“When they took his catheter out, the doctor gave him Sulfameth to counter any possible infection and it broke him out in hives all over, so he had to quit that. Now he has bruises all over from scratching. Benadryl pills and ointment help with it some.”
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That might be his problem. My aunt had to have two units of blood due to a fall and a really bad bruise of her butt.
She was on Eloquis.
It could be that your husband scratch so hard that he caused so many bruises that he lost enough blood to cause his blood count to be off.