Sandi Update

It took far longer than planned today, but Sandi is moved from the hospital over to "The Atria" for the next phase of things. This is where she will be for the next two to three weeks while they monitor her and make sure things are staying on track.

Things are on track, but there has been a definite wobble of the train. Apparently yesterday afternoon she started having a little soreness in the right side of her neck. The area was also slightly puffy. While she didn't tell me because she knew I would worry, she brought it to the attention of the nurses. By this morning it was clear it was a little worse in both regards. Before they pulled the three line deal out of her, they did a quick ultrasound of her neck

Sandi has a small blood clot in the main artery that runs up the right side of the neck between the heart and the brain. After they explained this happens to about 90 percent of patients who go through what she has gone through the last several weeks, they then told her that her particular clot is very small as compared to what they normally see. They believe it will soon dissolve. They gave her some cumidin today and sent her over to the extended stay facility with a box of shots that she is to administer to herself twice a day into her stomach.

Blood clots are bad news and while I am rather freaked out about this, she is taking the attitude that it is no bog deal and will go away quickly. Hopefully, it will. Her first appointment back at the hospital is tomorrow and she has a schedule for the next week where on most days she will go over for a doctor visit and/or blood work as they monitor things.