Today Lee had labs drawn these are the normal weekly labs that he has drawn every Monday. Lee had not been feeling that great the last few days but was trying to keep active so we went out with our nephew Dilon to run a couple errands and to grab a burger at In and Out. Just after we ordered a burger we got a phone call from the Liver team. I was told that Lee had a critical low H&H. The hematocrit blood test determines the percentage of red blood cells (RBC's) in the blood. Blood is composed mainly of red blood cells and white blood cells suspended in an almost clear fluid called serum. The hematocrit test indicates the percentage of blood by volume that is composed of red blood cells. The condition called "anemia" results from having too few red blood cells. 
We were told to take Lee to the local emergency room to be evaluated after Lee was retested to confirm the results of the earlier labs it was determined that he needed to have 2 Units of red blood cells transfused. Lee was admitted to the CEU Clinical Evaluation Unit to receive his transfusion. Unfortunately they wanted each unit over 4 hours so Lee would be staying over night. For the first time I was able to stay with Lee all night, having Dilon here he was able to stay with our Sadie girl so I did not have to worry about her home alone. I was super tired after a long night of work and very little sleep so I crashed out in the chair I barley heard Lees nurse come in through the night. His nurse was one of the techs that I worked with in ICU that recently graduated and is now learning the ropes she was awesome and I was thankful for a familiar face. The next morning we went home and Lee was feeling so much better. 
I told Lee to make a face for his sisters.
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