OUT DAMNED CLOT!!
Friday morning, 20th July. Not a good week so far. Janet was scanned again on Monday morning and it was found that the clot had moved from her calf to her groin. Not good news that it was on the move.
It was decided to double the dosage of her daily injection from 2,500 (not sure of the units involved) to 5,000 and scan her again on Thursday. Perhaps understandably, Janet was feeling quite depressed about all this, only alleviated on Wednesday evening when her son, Neil, visited and we all went upstairs to the first floor dining room for a snack and to try out different surroundings. She definitely perked up a bit that evening.
Also on Wednesday, I told our hairdresser, Sara, of the news. She had been away on holiday in the U.S. and was only just back. Again I choked up when telling her - I just can't help it.
Janet had her scan yesterday, Thursday, and again, not good news. Whilst the blood clot had not moved, it has increased in size. The doctors have now decided to double the dosage again - to 10,000 units with another scan to take place on Monday. Alex and Debbie had visited during the day yesterday but had left before the scan results were known.
Hopefully, the increased dosage will do the trick, but it's not a good time at the moment. Janet is scared of what potentially could happen but I and everyone else are trying to reassure her that the clot will disperse and she will make a full, or very good, recovery.
Her physio has continued all week and she has walked the length of the ward, obviously aided, a couple of times this week, and she also has exercises for both her right arm and face.
Tonight I am going through slightly earlier and we are going to have dinner together in the upstairs dining room, which we visited on Wednesday. Something to look forward to.
It was decided to double the dosage of her daily injection from 2,500 (not sure of the units involved) to 5,000 and scan her again on Thursday. Perhaps understandably, Janet was feeling quite depressed about all this, only alleviated on Wednesday evening when her son, Neil, visited and we all went upstairs to the first floor dining room for a snack and to try out different surroundings. She definitely perked up a bit that evening.
Also on Wednesday, I told our hairdresser, Sara, of the news. She had been away on holiday in the U.S. and was only just back. Again I choked up when telling her - I just can't help it.
Janet had her scan yesterday, Thursday, and again, not good news. Whilst the blood clot had not moved, it has increased in size. The doctors have now decided to double the dosage again - to 10,000 units with another scan to take place on Monday. Alex and Debbie had visited during the day yesterday but had left before the scan results were known.
Hopefully, the increased dosage will do the trick, but it's not a good time at the moment. Janet is scared of what potentially could happen but I and everyone else are trying to reassure her that the clot will disperse and she will make a full, or very good, recovery.
Her physio has continued all week and she has walked the length of the ward, obviously aided, a couple of times this week, and she also has exercises for both her right arm and face.
Tonight I am going through slightly earlier and we are going to have dinner together in the upstairs dining room, which we visited on Wednesday. Something to look forward to.
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