@ehdog

You’re misunderstanding the nuance a bit.

Black blood doesn’t show up the way you’re worried it does.

As someone who’s worked in the ER, I’ve seen how broad the testing approach is, we’d run checks on all kinds of symptoms that clearly weren’t serious, just because that’s the protocol. It doesn’t mean we believed something dangerous was actually happening.

So no, they probably didn’t think there was blood in your case. But would they still test? Yes. That’s just standard practice, for reassurance, documentation, a thicker check, and to rule things out properly.