I’m back from Chattanooga. I went down early to avoid heavy traffic but it was starting to build when I came home.
He seems better this morning but the nurse said he will need a walker, at least, at home because he’s wobbly on his feet.
They will do the MRI on his heart and lungs today but he won’t come home any earlier than Monday, if then. It depends on how fast the medicine in the IV dissolves the clots. I think the nurse called it Heparin. They are still looking for the source of the clots. They say normally they start in the legs and turn into micro clots in the lungs.
I’ll know more after the MRI.
You should make a list of all the medications they are giving him and check it with them every time.
In 1989 I was in the hospital for 2 weeks on a heparin drip. Dvt plus multiple pe’s in both lungs. They wouldn’t let me even get out of bed. When they finally let me get up my legs felt like 2 sticks. Exercise yes and lots of ankle pumps. They will show him. I do them whenever I am laying down even now. Good to improve leg circulation.
I hope the MRI shows something that is easily identifiable, and can easily be dealt with.
If you drive past the Chickamauga dam, wave. I work right next to it.
Yes, Heparin is the indicated anticoagulant for IV administration.
***They are still looking for the source of the clots***
Does he have diabetes? That can complicate things. Also, any other vaccines or new meds recently?