Apparently the wife is not creating enough of it. Her hemoglobin and hematocrit are both "critically low," which we knew would be a possibility because she has a blood disorder, called thalessemia minor. So, by the end of the week, she is supposed to get a blood transfusion. That's fun. The good news is that it is 2010 and not 1980 and blood is a highly regulated substance these days. Also, nobody since the 1980's, before we fully knew about Hepatitis C and HIV, has contracted these two diseases from blood transfusions at the hospital where she will be receiving hers. So that's good news. But I think she is a little freaked out about it all. And I don't have much feeling about it either way. Whatever is in the best interest of the baby...(plus a blood transfusion is really no big deal unless it's an emergency transfusion and you have a rare blood type or something)...
So there you have it. Need more blood!
15 hours ago
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Any chance you're the same blood type and could give? Transfusions are a bit freaky, but I'm sure it's going to be perfectly safe and just what she needs.
Nope. I'm A+ and she is B+. I'm not too worried about it...blood is highly regulated these days.
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