It was only a minor thing but boy did I find it stressful. It was about 11 o'clock this morning and OH came into the kitchen with blood all over his mouth and hands and down his shirt. I was calm at this point and cleaned him up and checked him over. I hadn't heard him coughing so guessed (hoped) it wasn't blood that he had brought up. I checked his teeth but they seemed okay. Then I noticed the blood seemed to be coming from his lip. I dabbed at it and saw that the blood just kept on coming. I asked him if he'd cut himself shaving. Of course, he didn't know. There was no blood on the razor.
I put his hankie over his lip and told him to hold it there for a while. After a few seconds he moved the hankie to his nose saying that his nose was bleeding. I explained that it wasn't his nose but his lip and tried to get him to hold the hankie to his lip. He said the blood was in his mouth and he was going to rinse his mouth. He came back a few minutes later saying that he had blood on the towel and didn't know where it was coming from. He also had another shirt on which was also now spattered with blood. I couldn't believe how much blood was coming from this tiny split on his lip. I tried holding it myself hoping that would stop it, but he kept pulling away and going and rinsing his mouth.
I felt it should stop soon as it was only a small cut, but four hours later I was on the phone to the doctors surgery. They said to bring him down and they'd check him out but that he may need to go to A&E. I had to wait three quarters of an hour for a taxi. In the meantime we'd now gone through four shirts, five towels and countless hankies.
We waited another hour in the surgery with a bag of tissues, but at least while there I managed to get him eventually to hold and keep the hankie on his lip. He still managed though to get more spots of red on his shirt.
So when we eventually saw the doctor it had stopped. He told her he wasn't sure why he had come. But at least she gave me that knowing sympathetic look.
I put his hankie over his lip and told him to hold it there for a while. After a few seconds he moved the hankie to his nose saying that his nose was bleeding. I explained that it wasn't his nose but his lip and tried to get him to hold the hankie to his lip. He said the blood was in his mouth and he was going to rinse his mouth. He came back a few minutes later saying that he had blood on the towel and didn't know where it was coming from. He also had another shirt on which was also now spattered with blood. I couldn't believe how much blood was coming from this tiny split on his lip. I tried holding it myself hoping that would stop it, but he kept pulling away and going and rinsing his mouth.
I felt it should stop soon as it was only a small cut, but four hours later I was on the phone to the doctors surgery. They said to bring him down and they'd check him out but that he may need to go to A&E. I had to wait three quarters of an hour for a taxi. In the meantime we'd now gone through four shirts, five towels and countless hankies.
We waited another hour in the surgery with a bag of tissues, but at least while there I managed to get him eventually to hold and keep the hankie on his lip. He still managed though to get more spots of red on his shirt.
So when we eventually saw the doctor it had stopped. He told her he wasn't sure why he had come. But at least she gave me that knowing sympathetic look.
