[DancesWithCats]

He IS adorable! Is he ordering pizza in the last shot? (and surely he's not thinking of death ... LOL)

I've actually been thinking very strongly of death all day long today, funny you should mention it. I had blood drawn yesterday and got a phone call this morning first thing from my doctor and they've been calling me all day to tell me to go into the emergency room and get checked into the hospital as my hemoglobin is down to 4.1 and the hematocrit is at 12.7 (I normally run in the 7-9 range with the hemoglobin. If you know blood values, you know this is as low as you can go! LOL So they're all upset and trying to get me to rush to the hospital and have blood transfusions. Ah shoot and a half. People, people, people ... no thanks. So I have told them no thanks. I will go outpatient on Monday for the type and cross and I will go outpatient for the transfusion itself on tuesday and that is what I will do. I hate the hospital. I hate the ER even more so. And no matter how much the dr promises an easy ride out of it with a direct admit, it NEVER works out as promised and so I just won't do it anymore, no, not ever again. So they're telling me I could code. Ah well!! Such is the game of life. LOL No I'm really not being silly and irresponsible. I have been trying for over a month to see my PCP for this problem and the way I look at it if I haven't coded yet, I ain't gonna code in the next day or so and Tuesday I'll take care of the problem. But nevertheless, you know, ... I made sure the insurance was paid up. LOL

[snugs]

Take care and make sure you have a phone by you at all times just in case but I understand how you feel about not wanting the ER experience over the weekend having been through it with both my parents at various times.

[GOP_Raider]

Is he ordering pizza in the last shot?

LOL, maybe, but I'm sure he's thinking "mommy, it's been an hour and I'm hungry...can Uncle Raider change my diaper?" :)

(At least he did when she was in town recently).

[WFTR]

I hate the fact that you are sick, but I love your attitude. I think the medical profession too often doesn't listen to patients and refuses to understand that people usually have pretty good insight into their own situation. I like to say that a doctor may be the "expert from corporate technical services," but I'm the operator running this body. For all that the expert knows, he doesn't always know how things really run.

Bill

[LantzALot]

Having had to watch my hemoglobin, I wanted to jump in and tell you to get there ASAP. But I saw your reason for not wanting to, and read your later post, and can only say that I have to respect your outlook and wish the best for you.

In one sense, you bring back memories of my late wife, who opposed transfusions based on her spiritual beliefs. When she lost a huge amount of blood internally, transfusions in the E.R. was the only thing that kept her alive.

But then, our E.R. experiences are not those of the general public. One of her daughters is an RN in the E.R. At 3:00 a.m., we sped through city streets at 60mph and over the bridges at 80, and she was escorted directly to a treatment bay. She had the doctors' immediate attention (luckily, at 3:00 a.m. there was almost no other activity there) and within two hours she had blood replaced and all the tests necessary to diagnose her condition.

Too many stories of conditions in other hospitals' E.R.'s justify your outlook on the subject. So again, best wishes for your outcome.