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I (and a few surprise friends) finally made it to Swedish Hospital in Denver where Mom has been since Saturday. Following a trip to the ER, doctors found and removed a blood clot in my Mom’s chest that was located inside a stent. The blockage was causing all the swelling in her arms, neck and…
Some good news to report. Doctors at Swedish Medical Center in Denver found and removed a blood clot in my mom’s chest that was located inside a stent within another stent. Yeah, confusing. I know. My Mom’s left arm was swelling much more than the right, so they figured something else had to be causing…
Just got a call from Mom. I could barely understand a word she was saying. Her voice so weak and raspy. She says her right eye is swollen and extremely painful. She cannot open it. She called for the nurse late last night to check on it. The nurse said her eye is red, watering…
It’s been a long two days of waiting and worrying, but we finally know what’s causing the swelling in my mom’s neck and face and protrusion of veins. A CT scan this morning shows that Mom (Leslie Lehrman) has a blood clot in her right subclavian vein. We’ve been down this road. Flash back to…
As you can see, my mom’s neck and face are tremendously swollen. Given her history with Superior Vena Cava Syndrome and the two stents recently inserted to fix a blockage that caused these very symptoms, I will never understand why the doctor at Mayo’s ER in Phoenix did an ultrasound – not a CT scan…
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