Pre Admission Test Needs More Blood Due To Antibodies

Seems that pre admission test needs more blood because
1. My Dad’s blood has antibodies
2. They don’t know what are these antibodies
3. Need to figure out where to get compatible blood in case Dad needs transfusion during TAVR

now there is confusion as to where my Dad has to go to get this done and it makes it so much complicated and tense!

And I am scared what if they cannot get compatible blood type to whatever these antibodies are

Does anyone have experience with this “type and screen” testing before surgery?

 

My Dad got it done in Hospital while he was inpatient for Angiogram

More blood testing cannot be done inpatient, ie day of TAVR because it will be too late.

it needs to be done 3 days before Wednesday, ie outpatient.Since outpatient center is closed on Sunday, it must be done on Monday

But the problem is the Nurse Practitioner ( who is a sweetheart by the way) for the TAVR is unable to tell us accurately.

She says he has to go to outpatient center. When I ask for something concrete in writing (such as appointment slip) she says,

“don’t worry your Dad is in operating Room schedule, he is in the system”

when I call the outpatient place they say he is not in the system.

Then the outpatient place calls back and says my Dad has to go to hospital, not the outpatient area




one hand does no know what the other hand is doing.
This is LIFE AND DEATH,


THe testing needs to be done within 3 days of the scheduled TAVR and because one hand doesn’t know what the other is doing, I am very scared and worried

1. This life saving surgery will be delayed, increasing my Dads risk of death, stroke

2. The Highly Qualified and Humble Doctor who my Dad wished to perform the surgery ( who himself suffered a loss in his family but was brave enough to come into the Hospital and do Angiogram), will not be able to do TAVR later on because of his religious holidays

I called the Nurse Practitioner and she says she will fix this. Hoping to speak to her soon.

 

Oh yes


Now I called the outpatient center
1. They have my Dad’s info
2. He is scheduled for blood test at outpatient center (not Hospital itself,)


Still have to verify few odds and ends because of this initial difficulty

 

I totally agree about being g nice to hospital staff. They are under the pressure to take care of so many patients with little compensation.

However I’m not catatostrophizing because Dr said better get this procedure done sooner rather than later. Valve is very tight and is is getting tighter and smaller. Dad was diagnosed last year and patients with his prognosis have 2 to 3 years to live if untreated.

It’s one thing if nature made delays, we simply cannot control. But when humans (including computer systems made by humans) create delays, then it is more frustrating because it can be avoided

Just now I straightened up more odds and ends.

you are right when you say person from current duty may not know the challenges of person from previous duty


It’s sad that some doctors care more about making money than the well being of their patients. We also came across this

 

I’m still traumatized about how much pain my Dad has at catheter insertion site (wrist)

wrist is black and blue and swollen

But if it was leg the recovery would have been worse!

I hope the surgeons can make an incision in his other wrist next week, else I cannot imagine how my Dad will tolerate laying down for more than 4 hours, unable to use restroom (he also has this type of health issue)