Wednesday, March 30, 2011

The veinous doppler ultra sound did show something

Kiera had the VDU done last Thursday and the results are that she has thick blood and has many small blood clots in the small veins. That same nigh she started a medication called Coumadin, it's a blood thinner. It's also a very scary medication to be on. The Thrombosis (Blood clots) are also very scary as well. She has had 2 INR tests done to see how thin her blood is after taking the medication. The first test was 5 days after starting Coumadin and that one read 0.9. The goal is 1-2. I am waiting to hear what it read today and move from there. Prior to the veinous ultra sound, Kiera had a EKG to make sure that the right side of her heart was fine. The tech could not see the right side of the heart for some reason. I don't know why they could not view it but they "assumed' that the right side was normal. There was a note on the report saying (stage 1 distolic dysfunction) of course I looked that up and now have many more questions for her Doctor. How timely, Kiera's regular Doctor just called, he is back from vacation. He is taking Kiera off the Coumadin, he says it is too risky of a medication for Kiera to be on and the small blood clots that are in the small veins are not at risk of moving and getting into the heart, lungs, and brain....whewwww! We told him that the edema was a bit less now, but he said that the Coumadin should not have made any difference with that. So we are kind of back to square one as far as the edema and the more concerning issue with the right sided swelling with her arm turning purple. We were also told that in order to look at the right heart Kiera would have to go through a very invasive procedure that not many Doctors even do any more. I am guessing that the stage 1 distolic dysfunction may be caused from the tachycardia that Kiera has. Next step is to see the endocrinologist. I should have named her Mystery because she sure is...

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