How do you guys know? Non-medical person here…

Most blood draws are in the arm where you have bigger veins. Not on your hands. Looks like a hand of someone who is on blood thinners. I’ve seen that before.

Plus, if the veins in the arm calcify, you go to the hands and then the wrist or feet. I wonder if he has a port.

Also, if the veins in the arm are very hard to find, don’t they try for alternative sites, like the hands?

I am not a nurse. But your arms are easier than a hand. Hand is for slow drip IV. Blood draws are quick. He is probably on some blood thinners. They do that. I had relatives that looked like that. Had heart issues.

So I guess the upshot is that he’s in poor shape…

Exactly. But you can be on blood thinners for many years.

Just basing my opinion on personal experience w elderly family members who were hospitalized. I’ve seen loved ones hands looking like this bc their IVs were held in place with tape, which when removed caused bruising. If this is happening multiple times, the bruising stays. The L hand is prob next.

They’re also probably doing this because that arm may have the worst condition compared to the other one (Color). But if it continues to get worse & it’s tender, they’re going to have to stick the other. CVI, his diagnosis, means he’s covered in ulcers, possibly plural, by this point.