Sitting at Kaiser Moanalua with Mom, waiting for her transfusion. Discovered (too late) that she had taken off the wristband they put on her yesterday for the blood cross-matching. Which will add another hour or so to the process since they have to do it all over again (safety procedure to make sure the right blood is given to the right patient). Which means she might not be able to complete the procedure today and we will have to come back again tomorrow. They will give her the 1st unit, then see if there is enough time for the 2nd one. I will have to get better about reminding her not to take it off. (She does not remember the plebotomist telling her not to take it off until after the procedure.)
Decided I need to have a checklist before we leave the house for a transfusion. She also forgot her cane; I think she left it in the garage when she went back to tell Dad that he needed to come to the door to talk to me about the yard man being at the house and needed to be paid. (The conversation went something like, Me: "Dad, the yard man is here, he's been paid, its taken care of." Dad: "OK.")
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