Al would've been proud

[perkicar]

Tuesday I worked in our outpatient clinic (folks who come in for outpatient chemo, labs, etc vs the inpatient unit where I normally work.). I had a patient who was taking coumadin (5 mg a day) since she had a history of DVT. Her INR was 3.6--when I called the doctor's nurse to tell them, they wanted her to skip a dose of coumadin and come back today (thursday) to get her INR rechecked. The person at the doctors said that her INR had been wildly fluctuating and I though "if they're dosing and rechecking like that no wonder". I did tell her Thursday was really too soon to see the outcome of skipping tuesday's dose, but hey, what do I know!!!!
thanks Al for all your education and helping those of us who take coumadin how to better understand our dosing.

 

[geebee]

If we all continue to educate those around us, the coumadin world will not be a scary place to visit any longer.

Well done, Carolyn.

 

[Karlynn]

Job well done Carolyn!

 

[Guest]

Why are you speakiong of me in the past tense? I AM proud.

 

[Lisa in Katy]

I also was wondering if Al had died and I somehow missed the post!

I wish we could teach the class in medical school because unfortunately, they keep miseducating all the doctors! I tend to ignore what they tell me and do what I want and it works much better. It's really not a big deal when you understand it. Thanks Al for better educating all of us.

 

[Guest]

Lisa, I appreciate that. I just spent my Saturday in 7 hours of class learning more about warfarin and related drugs.

 

[Karlynn]

I just spent my Saturday in 7 hours of class learning more about warfarin and related drugs.

Making your value to us even bigger!