After the nurses struggled to draw Bryan's blood, they finally obtained enough to run a few tests and determine that he needed a transfusion (but they couldn't place the IV at the same time as they drew the blood so he had to endure 4 pokes for the blood draw & 3 deep pokes for the IV placement later).
He ended up receiving two units of blood. I didn't realize how long this process would take--we spent the majority of the day at the hospital . (Actually, Bryan did. I left after 3 hours because I had one of the twins with me and needed to be home to take care of our other kids. Bryan stayed an additional 4 hours after I left. My sister-in-law, Lori, lives near the hospital and was able to bring Bryan home around 8:00 last night.) The great nurses in the infusion room stayed late to complete both units so we wouldn't have to return to the hospital again today.
Bryan hasn't noticed a difference yet--he is still off balance and light headed, but we're told that he should feel MUCH better by tonight/tomorrow morning.
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