back to the hospital -long

hi everyone, well I posted earlier about swelling. I went to the doctor on Thursday and showed him how swollen my feet were, expecially my left. I told him I keep my legs elevated all night long and that I could not get the swelling to go down. he did not like that so he sent me over to the hospital for a ultra sound of my left leg. When it was over, instead of the technition saying OK, your doctor will let you know the results. she said the Doctor wanted me back at his office. After waiting almost 2 hours. he was really really busy, he told me I had a superficial blood clot!!! I needed to be admitted to the hospital and put on blood thinners!! He said I could go over to the hospital and wait a few hours until he was done with a surgery but I said I would go home first and pack my overnight bag and feed my poor 16 year old daughter who was bored out of her scull, we had been in town for 7 hours already I get to the hospital around 6:30 and was sent to the ER to check in, since it was late. I got upstairs and unpacked and laid in bed with my legs propped up and waited for my surgeon........ WELL, the surgery he was doing lasted over 6 hours, he said one thing after another kept popping up with the patient. SO at 1:30 am, the surgeon comes in and explains how they will treat me. I had to take coumidin and also get blood thinner as a shot. the only good point was I had a private room and could kind of relax. my foot was still pretty swollen but there was no pain, the only pain i had was left over from my TT and hernia repair on the 13, and the 14th. the surgeon hasd to cut off a small piece of my sternum because it was sticking almost straigh out. so with the binder on so tight and it hitting my ribs, i was hurting. but lortab helped a lot then last night about 7:30 my surgeon comes in and looks at my foot and leg, he said it looked so much better and asked if i wanted to go home! I said OH YEAH and he went to get the discharge paperwork started, I called hubby who was waiting just a few miles away for our daughter to get off of work to come get me..... The doctor gave me some prescriptions, one was coumidin and the other is lovenox, this is an injection I have to give myself twice a day. I did the first shot this moring and it was not too bad. I go see the doctor on Tuesday, he will have me get blood work to see how the blood thinners are doing and he will look at my hernia incession, But at least I am home and feeling just fine and dandy. I was told to take it really easy, because with blood thinners you can have a minor cut or fall and bleed too much. I will write again on Tuesday to let you all know how I am doing. Donna 277/15?

Oh honey I'm sooo sorry you had so much trouble!!! I swear I really thought everything was ok!! I bet you were really taken back when he told you it was a blood clot!! But I'm sure it was nice to just be in the hospital one night this time!! When do you go back to see him? Does he think that everything is OK now? I hope so!! You will be in my prayers!! God Bless and I hope you have a Happy New Year!!

Hi Donna. I'm so glad that the doctor figured things out! What a surprise! You take it real easy and let us know how you are doing. God bless. Peg

Hi Donna, I'm glad they figured it out. That is very scary. I had blood clots that traveled to my lungs - pulmonary embolism with my GB which was very scary. It has made me reluctant to want to do plastic surgery. The risk of a second blood clot is much higher once you've had one. I took coumidin for 6 months. Was in the hospital 11 days. I will keep you in my prayers. Dianne

Just wanted to let you know I am doing pretty good. I see my surgeon tomorrow and get blood work done, he will check to make sure my medication dose is correct. I feel pretty good, hard to just sit around but I am taking it easy and getting plenty of rest. My legs and feet continue to look normal and giving myself a shot twice a day is really not hard like I thought it would be. hope you all have a great week and I will try to pop in again soon. Donna 277/144.5......I lost almost 5 pounds since surgery.

I'm glad you are ok, I was praying for you. Did you have blood clots in your first surgery? Diane

thank you for praying for me, I did not have blood clots before, this was all new, I had blood work yesterday and got a call from my surgeons office today, stop the shots and just take the coumidin 2.5. I guess the labs showed my body got rid of that clot. I see the surgeon on the 9th. Donna