Saturday afternoon (May 5) Michelle called me as her head felt awful - we spent 5 hours in the ER - most everyone thinking it was just an anxiety attack, which part of it probably was. Sunday and Monday her upper chest felt better and the redness decreased but her head still felt like it was bursting every time she leaned over even slightly.
She went to work on Wednesday, although she was late because nothing seemed to work to protect the dressing where the Hickman comes out of her skin just below the collar bone so she had to change it all. Thursday morning (May 10) she called around 8:00 a.m. to say that the guys at work had brought her home as she was so light headed and unsteady on her feet. So over to Oncology we went - nice that it is only 4 blocks away from her condo. An ultrasound showed a small clot in her upper neck but not enough to be worrisome. But her face had swelled so much and her eyesight was blurry added to the already head issue. Next was a CT Scan - and that did show a blood clot in the superior vena cava - a main artery.
We were still at the hospital at 2:00 p.m. The Dr. ordered a blood thinner called Lovenox, which is in a 'shot' form - to be given twice a day, which brings her shot count to three per day. I gave it to her last night because she just can't stand to do it. Hopefully, this will soon take effect so she can bend over in the shower to wash her hair and not feel like she's going to keel over. She hasn't had the normal side effects of all the chemo drugs for which we are grateful. A not so fun day, but we just pray that this gets to the bottom of it.
Keep praying for her - this gets depressing to say the least.
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