Either his veins are shit or he has bad people placing them. As a nurse, a back of the hand IV is not one I would place on a geriatric patient like him unless there was no other choice.
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Hard to venipuncture an upper arm of flab …
aug 24, 2025, 1:42 am • 2 0 • view
A dear elder in my life hurt the back of her hand in a fall against a door jamb. It took forever to heal the layers of skin scraped off the back of her hand. Also thinking the bruises on his knuckles could be from a fall. He would hate the optics of people knowing he falls. 🤔
aug 24, 2025, 6:17 am • 1 0 • view
Unless he’s been falling regularly for at least the last 5-6 years ( see my above photo from him departing his then flight from 2020 depicting a bandage covering the same area ) that is hardly unlikely without suffering other injuries besides the back of his right hand all the time.
aug 24, 2025, 8:25 am • 2 0 • view
True. I just can’t help remembering what a tender area that is (having cared for an innocent, non-harmful person with an injury there.) Anyway, kind of challenging to hide boo-boo’s on the hands and face.
aug 25, 2025, 1:25 am • 2 0 • view