Now he has bruising on his left hand.

[Kingofalldems]

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[Skittles]

1. I get bruised like that from a hand needle stick for a platelet count

normal donation stuff, they do the hand stick when the previous end donation count was kind of low

[dem4decades]

2. When I was in the hospital last year I had an IV in each hand, He's getting pumped with something.

[bdamomma]

12. I would like to know

what they are testing him for? or what they are infusing in him???

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. They may have to alternate hands for these blood draws

You may need to change hands for these blood draws. trump is not well

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[LudwigPastorius]

17. You can monitor coumadin with 1 drop of blood.

A little stick on the pad of your finger is all you need.

I believe he is getting peripheral IV infusions...possibly insulin and other electrolytes for diabetes.

[Marie Marie]

4. They needed to do that because without a bruise on each hand,

he gets all discombobulated and out of balance and he can't walk a straight line - as evidenced by his side step tango on the red carpet when rushing to meet his man crush. Other than that, the man is a picture of health and mental stability. Just ask him...

[Marie Marie]

5. Also, how bad do you have to be at make-up to have your color be so much darker than

the skin tone on your face and so much lighter than the skin tone on your bruised tiny hands? Jeeez - what a mess.

[Skittles]

18. he would have been better off just using the orange shit he uses on his face

yes INDEED

[sboatcar]

19. He's probably got cataracts so bad that he can't tell

[tanyev]

6. Will Presssss Secretary Leavitt explain that Trump is now using his left hand to shake hands?

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

7. Dude is looking rough. How long before Melanie takes over?

[2MuchNoise]

8. Sorry if this is a stupid question but...

Why wouldn't they draw blood from his arm? Wouldn't it be easier than trying to hit a smaller vein in his hand?

[Kingofalldems]

10. No expert--maybe someone here can answer that.

[WA-03 Democrat]

11. The veins are fragile and you need to be well hydrated.

I had 2 heart attacks last year and an acute Pancreatitis last week. I look like a pin cushion. They were put heating pads on my hand veins at the end. Also blood draws (every 3 hours) add up over the course your under care. If you have an IV in your arm they have to draw the sample up-gravity so the IV fluids don’t contaminate the sample. You also do not draw blood from the same needle that they inject drugs or the IV drips which are critical if you have an emergency.

[2MuchNoise]

14. Thank you WA-03 Democrat.

I appreciate you taking the time to explain that to me. And I hope you're feeling better.

[Hekate]

15. Def. hope you're doing better now!

[WA-03 Democrat]

20. Thank you

Much better. I have type 2 diabetes and they up my GLP-1 which they think caused the Pancreatitis last week. No longer on a GLP-1 (Ozempic).
Heart looked very strong but I thought I was having another one.
All of my “events” happened while I was traveling for business. Only one in Asia and none while in the plane. So very thankful to still be in this crazy world.

[msongs]

9. common in 80 yr old men, not a big deal IMO nt

[Kingofalldems]

13. I bruise easily at my age but the bruises go away after a while.

The bruise on his right hand has been there for 5 months so I think it is a big deal.

[Hekate]

16. The old man is in fragile health, all the way around

[Kingofalldems]

21. The bruise on his right hand still there:

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