Dialysis Day
Today for dialysis day, I got here and on before 11:45 AM. Today, being H & H (Hemoglobin and Hematocrit). The doctor has his patients checked twice a month with the labs of everything else done once a month. Anyway, my first hematocrit number was 7.3, so a nurse took another vial to have it tested, and the result was 12.8. The head nurse came to me and asked me I was feeling okay, and told me what the symptoms of a low hemoglobin are, and I did not have any said symptoms. She then told me that I was not having any of the said symptoms and the reason my hemoglobin can read low, and she did not believe the number was exact, but she wanted me to have it rechecked. So, for a few minutes, I was getting panicky. The results came in lickity split, and it was in the green—normal at 12.8. See what can happen in a few seconds to get upset? It does not take much with my disorder.