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Baby's blood type (Is there a doctor in the house?)
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On Mar 26, 11:44 pm, Chookie wrote: In article .com, "cjra" wrote: was A+. I *know* my DH is her father - altho when I question the blood type the nurse looked at me funny and clearly wondered if she'd stumbled into a marital issue. I was just panicking that maybe they hadn't tested correctly in the rush and she was getting the wrong blood (although, I don' t think she actually had any transfusions). DH kept saying " I think I'm A+...." then he later realized he wasn't really sure. He never did get tested though, I'm gathering he must have B or at least AB. FYI, I imagine that it's the same in the USA as he blood type is retested every time blood is transfused/donated, to prevent the mistake you envisaged. My dad was O negative, and my mom was A+. She was almost given the wrong blood type (granted this was back in the 40s), and she told me it was caught just in time. She said she'd started to feel woozy. I don't know if that is a symptom or not. My dad's sister Mary died in the hospital the night before an operation for ulcerative colitis. My aunt (who was a nurse) said that in her opinion, Mary was given the wrong blood type in a transfusion and that was what killed her. This was also in the mid 40s. So yes, blood should be typed each time, just like the pills that you are prescribed should be checked each time they are given, but in real life, mistakes happen. Yes, it is. You won't be given a transfusion unless you're tested. So though people like to make a point of having there blood type written somewhere, it's not that big of a deal. It was actually a funny moment in the midst of a very terrifying time. The nurse probably thought we were loony joking about paternity at such a difficult moment, but it helped us relieve the tension... |
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Baby's blood type (Is there a doctor in the house?)
"cjra" wrote in message oups.com... On Mar 26, 11:44 pm, Chookie wrote: In article .com, "cjra" wrote: was A+. I *know* my DH is her father - altho when I question the blood type the nurse looked at me funny and clearly wondered if she'd stumbled into a marital issue. I was just panicking that maybe they hadn't tested correctly in the rush and she was getting the wrong blood (although, I don' t think she actually had any transfusions). DH kept saying " I think I'm A+...." then he later realized he wasn't really sure. He never did get tested though, I'm gathering he must have B or at least AB. FYI, I imagine that it's the same in the USA as he blood type is retested every time blood is transfused/donated, to prevent the mistake you envisaged. Yes, it is. You won't be given a transfusion unless you're tested. So though people like to make a point of having there blood type written somewhere, it's not that big of a deal. Not quite true: In the event of bleeding to death, hospitals will give patients type O- without testing. Think multiple trauma with a high pulse rate and extremely low blood pressure (e.g., 0 mm Hg). A blood or death situation. Hospitals do a cross match before giving blood when the recipient can wait at least a few minutes. The cross match makes sure that that there are no incompatibilites between the donor blood and the intended recipient. This blood typing is done even when donor and recipient are of the same blood type because the recipient can have antibodies against minor blood types and other proteins on red blood cells. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-matching Jeff It was actually a funny moment in the midst of a very terrifying time. The nurse probably thought we were loony joking about paternity at such a difficult moment, but it helped us relieve the tension... |
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Baby's blood type (Is there a doctor in the house?)
"Rosalie B." wrote in message ... "cjra" wrote: On Mar 26, 11:44 pm, Chookie wrote: In article .com, "cjra" wrote: was A+. I *know* my DH is her father - altho when I question the blood type the nurse looked at me funny and clearly wondered if she'd stumbled into a marital issue. I was just panicking that maybe they hadn't tested correctly in the rush and she was getting the wrong blood (although, I don' t think she actually had any transfusions). DH kept saying " I think I'm A+...." then he later realized he wasn't really sure. He never did get tested though, I'm gathering he must have B or at least AB. FYI, I imagine that it's the same in the USA as he blood type is retested every time blood is transfused/donated, to prevent the mistake you envisaged. My dad was O negative, and my mom was A+. She was almost given the wrong blood type (granted this was back in the 40s), and she told me it was caught just in time. She said she'd started to feel woozy. I don't know if that is a symptom or not. My dad's sister Mary died in the hospital the night before an operation for ulcerative colitis. My aunt (who was a nurse) said that in her opinion, Mary was given the wrong blood type in a transfusion and that was what killed her. This was also in the mid 40s. So yes, blood should be typed each time, just like the pills that you are prescribed should be checked each time they are given, but in real life, mistakes happen. Today, blood is typed and crossed (meaning, they check to make sure that the particular bag or tube of blood is compatible with the recipient). In fact, when you give blood, there are tubes sticking out of the bags that are filled with blood. The tubes are sectioned off into little itty-bitty tubes, maybe 2 cm long. These tubes are the ones that are actually used for the cross matching. That way, they keep the rest of the blood isolated during testing (and reduce the risk of contamination). That's also why they take tubes of blood during donation, rather than take the tubes out of the bag. When the blood is delivered to be used, there are procedures in place to make sure that the right person is getting the blood, too, like the patient number on the blood is idenitcal to the patient number on the wrist band and checked by two people. Of course, the procedures vary by hospital. I would think that there are particular procedures in place in the blood bank in the hospital to make sure that the blood that it typed and crossed is comes from the right patient as well as that the cross-matching is done properly. Yes, it is. You won't be given a transfusion unless you're tested. So though people like to make a point of having there blood type written somewhere, it's not that big of a deal. It was actually a funny moment in the midst of a very terrifying time. The nurse probably thought we were loony joking about paternity at such a difficult moment, but it helped us relieve the tension... Everyone said that my father looked just like the ice-man when he was born (they had ice deliveries in those days). I guess that they were thinking he delievered more than ice. And he did. He delivered coal in the winter. ;-) Of course, his father (his mother's real husband) did deliver ice and coal for a living, so it was a joke. Jeff O+, CMV (-) |
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