I told ya'll about my sister, Ann, getting knee replacement
surgery in August.
Well, I had to call 911 for her Monday morning. She passed out.
She woke quickly but was shaking, sweaty, dizzy and breathing hard.
EMTs took her to the ER. When I got there they had already
done a bunch of tests and said she had large blood clots in
both lungs. They assumed the clots were from the knee surgery.
Anyway, they did a procedure that ran a tube(?) into her groin
into an artery, up to the lungs and sucked out the clots.
Not painful but admittedly scary. Had to lay flat for 6 hours
before she could eat or drink. In the meantime they did an
ultrasound on her legs to check for clots there. Guess what?
More clots in her calf muscles but in the veins. Supposedly will
give her more blood thinners and hope that will fix 'em.
Poor woman. She's been working hard to do everything she's
been told to recover from the knee surgery. Now she's wondering
what she did wrong to have this happen.
I told her this was not her fault. She is only partly convinced.
We are both worn down after everything that's happened in the
last twelve months. I have no answers...dammit.
