 [ Symptoms ] what happens if a broken leg is not ever set in a cast  a psychiatric patient who is anxious and uncooperative with caregivers decides not to go to an orthopedic doctor for evaluation of an already diagnosed broken leg and ankle he stepped in a pothole outside fell and broke lower leg and ankle and had it put in a stabilizer boot only he refuses to go have it further examined and set in a cast what is his prognosis [ Disease ] hello i have no idea why you would be told this informaiton certainly people do not check blood types before they fall in love the only blood type related problem that affects couples is related to the rh factor if the father of a child in a couple is rh positive and the mother is rh negative the mother can develop antibodies to the baby duing the pregnancy this is treated by giving any rh negative mother an injection of medication called rhogam once during the pregnancy at about 28 weeks and again within 72 hours of delivery laurie anderson rnp