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Aril Fools Day at dialysis started out with the nurses announcing a water issue, so no dialysis would be done that day. I think we patients nearly accepted the opportunity to skip that day till the nurses cheerfully revealed it was an April Fools prank.

When I prepared to leave after the session, I said, “I had thought about pretending I had a bleed-out and returning to the dialysis room to prank you nurses.”

I always sit briefly in  an entryway chair just in case I do have a bleed-out from my fistula. I also put my car keys and bill fold in my jacket pockets while there.

While stuffing my jacket pockets, I noticed I actually was bleeding out! No April Fools joke this time! I put my left hand over the fistula and somehow managed to get back to the dialysis room supporting myself on one handlebar of my walker at the same time trying not to bleed on the floor much or any more than possible on my clothes.

The nurses and I got a small chuckle out of the ironic bleed-out that came true, no April Fools joke in the end! Then they cleaned up the blood off the floor and my arm, while stopping the bleeding and replacing the bandages.

While occurring rarely, bleed-outs after dialysis needles are removed and compression is applied to the access points does happen. What a mess! I have become an expert at cleaning clothes stained with blood.