I started Lent truly with Our Lord this year. I had to be admitted to the hospital with a blood clot in my left lung. They had found a few blood clots a few months ago, but this is a new finding. There is also a mass blocking the large artery. The game plan is that I take Lovenox shots in my abdomen every day for 2 months. Then they would do another arteriogram. They have to get rid of the blood clot to get a biopsy of the mass. They sent me home. I had to go back to the ER as my chest was hurting and trouble breathing. They stuck me 15 times trying to get an IV in. The ER physician put a large (14 gauge) needle in my Juggler vein. They did a VQ test. It showed no changes. They send me home, I am back 2 days later, then they readmitted me to the hospital. They did surgery and put in a Portacath Central Line. So no more problems getting a vein. There is a terrible risk of getting an infection and I have had MRSA 5 times, so it is in my body. I just have to be careful.
They are talking about putting me on TPN, nutrition in the vein and give my stomach some time to heal. I have had problems with my feeding tube. So don't know what tomorrow holds, but I know who holds tomorrow!
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