My grandpa broke his leg and now needs surgery. The hospital gave him a blood tr!

My grandpa broke his leg and now needs surgery. The hospital gave him a blood transfusion, why?

My grandfather is in is 80's he fell and broke his leg this week. The tibia to be exact. The doctors say he needs to have sugery to put a metal plate in his leg to help strengthen it. My grandpa is is good health otherwise. He's not sick or dying or anything like that. the bone didn't break the skin so why are the doctors fiving him a blood transfusion? When he asked them all they said was " IT HAPPENS" and that he had a low blood count. What the hell kind of answer is that! Why would he have a low blood count if he's not bleeding from anywhere? Thye aren't giving him any answers. Is there something going on that the doctors aren't telling us? Is there a good reason for them to be doing a blood transfusion and al the other tests they've been doing if it really is just a broken leg? For some reason I think we're not being told everything. Please give any information you have as to why they would be giving him a transfusion for a broken leg.

it is not at all uncommon for the elderly to become anemic and need a blood transfusion. As their old blood cells die and are removed by the liver, their old bones don't always produce new cells as quickly as they used to. Thus the doctors told you "it happens". As for doing all the other tests, that too is standard, for breaking a bone, especially in the elderly can lead to other problems with clotting factors, potential infections and so on, those tests give them a baseline on your grandfather so that if something changes in the course of his recovery, they can more quickly spot and treat any problem that arises. It sounds like your grandfather is getting the very best of care possible. And of course, if he is going to have surgery to have that plate attached to his tibia to make it stronger, they will want his blood counts up as much as possible because he will no doubt lose some blood during the surgery, that is unavoidable. Don't worry, they are not keeping anything from you, it's just that doctors do not always take the time required to explain everything they are doing in detail.