My dad has been admitted to the hospital twice for blood transfusions in the last 3 months. He is 83 and has internal bleeding that the doctors have narrowed down to somewhere just below his duodenum, but have no idea what the cause is yet. His threshold for a blood transfusion is 80. We have a nurse going to his home each monday to monitor his blood and in the last 2 weeks he has dropped 10 points and is now at a blood level of 87. My mom is also 83 and very nervous that between last monday and this monday he will go below the 80 mark and will need to be rushed into the hospital. My question is quite simple--instead of getting a requisition from the doctor, we want to just take him to emergency so they can do his blood (alot faster than waiting for the results from the lab)and give him a transfusion if necessary. It is very hard on everyone when we have to do this in a panic mode, and my dad is willing to co-operate. Do you think the hospital will think we are jumping the gun , or will be happy to do this for us? We are afraid they will put us at the bottom of the list and be at the emergency ward all day. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks, andrea