Emergency Room Visit

Oh, my goodness that Disneyland ER trip would have been frightening. I'm so sorry to hear about your Mom. Yes, my husband is on blood thinners; and they told him he didn't have to stop them before the surgery. :-(

@LindaOHio Someone wasn't paying attention to their teachings. If they were going deep into your husband's face to get at the cancerous tumors he shouldn't have taken his blood thinners that day. It's a wonder he didn't bleed out! It's very easy for someone on blood thinners to start bleeding seriously from a small wound. And to remove a tumor and NOT stitch the wound is as dumb as trying to teach a pig to ice dance. A small scab will cover the wound but it's very easy for the scab to come off with any movement and the incision will start bleeding seriously. I speak from experience with my father and his being on blood thinners. He would cut himself and we would go half crazy trying to get the bleeding to stop. The really fun one was when he set the mobile home on his hand. It was a 10' x 57' unit and he was leveling it and he reached over and turned the jack so it would go down and the mobile home came down on the wood on his hand. We had to bundle him up and take him to the ER. Fortunately there were no broken bones...Just a lot of squished fingers and time spent with them in ice and then their being wrapped in gauze to heal. But blood thinners are something that you don't mess with. If you haven't researched them, you might want to. Another thing, when they put him on blood thinners did they tell your husband that he isn't to take aspirin? There are quite a few things he isn't supposed to take. Also if he doesn't have one you might consider one, get him a medic alert bracelet for his being on blood thinners and the reason why he's on blood thinners. It could save his life if you aren't with him. That's the first thing we did with father when he had his open heart surgery and we kept them on him (we put about 20 on him through the years, he kept loosing them).

@BearArtistLady We both felt that he should be off blood thinners before the surgery. We should have known better. And you're right about the stitches! Thanks for the tip about the medic alert bracelet. It could save his life. Thanks for commenting.

@LindaOHio they ended up cutting that and 2 more off me. and of course i had to walk on it that night.sucked.

Me either. Praying that it goes well.

@scarlet_woman Sorry to hear that.

@LindaOHio It is incredible that they told him something like that, crazy!

In the future we will know not to listen if they say he doesn't have to stop the blood thinners.

@LindaOHio Glad he's doing better. The black eye will take a while to clear from black to green to yellow. Been there, done that many times.

He's doing OK. Just has a black eye. Next time we will know not to take the word of the doctor.

@LindaOHio A black eye is not good.

He is much better. Thanks for asking. He just has a black eye.

Thank you!

@LindaOHio but thank goodness that stitch stopped the bleeding

It's a little more complicated stitch. It's the one that finally stopped the bleeding.

Thank you. He's fine. He just has a black eye. Stitches come out in 7 days.

Yes, he's fine. He can have the stitches out in 7 days. He just has a black eye.

@LindaOHio Day after is always harder because of the short night before

Yes, they had to make sure to get all the cancer out.

I hope not.