My fathers surgery was successfully completed today at 3pm. He subsequently received 2 units of blood as his HG levels were 10.1 before the operation.
We managed to see him at 7pm and he was in good spirits. In fact he was in really good spirits. In his happy state he kept singing and saying that he was the king as they had given him his own private room. My wife and I just looked at each other wondering whether he’d finally gone mad. We then realised that the anesthetic may have something to do with it.
The doctors said that is was a success with no complication.
This is such a big relief but we are not out of the danger zone yet. We still have the risk of DVT so the next few weeks are very important.
P.S They gave him his own private room because he was at high risk and needed to be monitored closely.
abdulazizuk Blood Transfusion, Knee, Surgeon
My father received 2 units of blood today at hospital. The whole process took around 4 hours and my father was in good but tired spirits when he came out.
I was a little worried about the possible side affects, but after a little research my mind was put at rest. At the end of the day, what needs to be done, needs to be done.
The task now is not to treat blood transfusions as a matter of course. Instead we have already introduced Iron supplements which hopefully are getting absorbed quicker due to the increased vitamin C intake. In addition to this we have introduced folic acid and tomorrow hopefully we will be introducing vitamin b12. All of these will stimulate and aid red blood cell production in my father and if all goes to plan, in two weeks time his hemoglobin levels will remain high.
If you wish to learn more about the risks and benefits of having blood transfusions please read the information provided on the Cancer Backup site : http://www.cancerbackup.org.uk/Treatments/Supportivetherapies/Bloodtransfusions
More information on Vitamin B12 can be found here : http://www.vegsoc.org/info/b12.html
abdulazizuk Blood Transfusion, Vitimin C
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