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BostonsJ
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Well I went to the hospital early because Mike had a 10:30 am cat scan. When he came back the nurse told us the preliminary results were that nothing was found. I just returned home after the doctor came in. The liver has cleared, in other words what was seen there yesterday on an ultra sound is not now there. At this point they can't say with certainty because an ultra sound is inconclusive without the cat scan, whether it was a blood clot or something else stuck in the duct or, an inflamation. What they know is that his liver panel should have been 30-40 and it was over 3000. Today it had dropped to 900. The doctor stopped his coumadin also, and will restart it today......now if the liver panel goes up they will know he is allergic to the coumadin, and it had bruised the liver. They believe the reason the coumadin dropped his clotting from 3 to 13 is that the liver in it's unstable condition could not filter the coumadin. They can't say for sure but that is a good guess right now. They are also not sure if a drug given when they put the stent in may have caused a reaction.
Today he actually woke up starving ordered breakfast and the nurse took it away. He couldn't eat before his CT scan. By the time his lunch came he was very hungry and ate very well. It is the first time in 7 days he has eaten a full meal and had an appetite. He couldn't eat because of the liver being so pizzzzzzzed off it was making him sick. The good thing about a liver is it does repair itself and the high levels is an indicator that something just happened that the liver did not like. So his first dose will be just about now and they will draw blood every 4 hours.
What I couldn't even say out loud yesterday was that they were looking for cancer in some of the vital organs. All of the tests have ruled that out. I guess cancers would present similarly. pheeeeeewwwwww. Thank God. That was our main fear. The look in Mike's eyes just about floored me when we were advised yesterday that they had to rule this in or out as a factor.
They did get another look at the lungs at the same time. The nurse and the doctor said they are big clots, chunks. It is going to take time for those to dissolve. He still has clots in the feet and right leg. So bed quiet and not moving around is what he needs until his blood is thinned. He is right now on heparin and will remain on it.
Mike has been in the Critical Intensive Care Unit. They are stepping him down to the Intensive Care unit when a bed becomes available. He will be monitored on the drugs very carefully now and they believe he just needs to be anti-coagulated more than the normal person. But if the coumadin sends his levels through the roof again, they will have to reassess how to do that. But even when he reaches the optimum levels they want, they will probably keep him a couple of days extra to make sure nothing funky is going on.
They still do not know why he is forming clots when he is anti-coagulated. Still a mystery. But except for oxygen saturation Mike's other vital signs including his BP and heart rate are good. He has been through alot so maybe his body just needs to stop being ticked off at all of the intrusions and it will stop creating these clots.
I am about to eat some breakfast, lunch dinner, and then take a long peacful nap. While I did sleep 5 hours last night my sleep was full of nightmares. I kept dreaming that I was falling. I know my brain was trying to relieve me of what I was afraid of, but it was a fitful night.
From the bottom of my heart I wish to thank you for your well wishes and prayers. Keep them coming, I pray that the answers we got today are what leads Mike to recovery. He will not be released before Thursday probably, and it may be longer than that. It is a wonder that those blood clots made it through the heart without another MI they are large and dense. I know someone was watching over us. :angel
Today he actually woke up starving ordered breakfast and the nurse took it away. He couldn't eat before his CT scan. By the time his lunch came he was very hungry and ate very well. It is the first time in 7 days he has eaten a full meal and had an appetite. He couldn't eat because of the liver being so pizzzzzzzed off it was making him sick. The good thing about a liver is it does repair itself and the high levels is an indicator that something just happened that the liver did not like. So his first dose will be just about now and they will draw blood every 4 hours.
What I couldn't even say out loud yesterday was that they were looking for cancer in some of the vital organs. All of the tests have ruled that out. I guess cancers would present similarly. pheeeeeewwwwww. Thank God. That was our main fear. The look in Mike's eyes just about floored me when we were advised yesterday that they had to rule this in or out as a factor.
They did get another look at the lungs at the same time. The nurse and the doctor said they are big clots, chunks. It is going to take time for those to dissolve. He still has clots in the feet and right leg. So bed quiet and not moving around is what he needs until his blood is thinned. He is right now on heparin and will remain on it.
Mike has been in the Critical Intensive Care Unit. They are stepping him down to the Intensive Care unit when a bed becomes available. He will be monitored on the drugs very carefully now and they believe he just needs to be anti-coagulated more than the normal person. But if the coumadin sends his levels through the roof again, they will have to reassess how to do that. But even when he reaches the optimum levels they want, they will probably keep him a couple of days extra to make sure nothing funky is going on.
They still do not know why he is forming clots when he is anti-coagulated. Still a mystery. But except for oxygen saturation Mike's other vital signs including his BP and heart rate are good. He has been through alot so maybe his body just needs to stop being ticked off at all of the intrusions and it will stop creating these clots.
I am about to eat some breakfast, lunch dinner, and then take a long peacful nap. While I did sleep 5 hours last night my sleep was full of nightmares. I kept dreaming that I was falling. I know my brain was trying to relieve me of what I was afraid of, but it was a fitful night.
From the bottom of my heart I wish to thank you for your well wishes and prayers. Keep them coming, I pray that the answers we got today are what leads Mike to recovery. He will not be released before Thursday probably, and it may be longer than that. It is a wonder that those blood clots made it through the heart without another MI they are large and dense. I know someone was watching over us. :angel
