RE: large clot

[Rakay Dance]

Thank-you to all who replied.  Right now they have discharged him home with the clots still in place.  He is on cumidin.  He can barely make it to the bathroom and back without crying from pain.  The swelling is as bad as it ever was, clear up his hips and lower back down to his very swollen feet.  The belief is that the clots will resolve themselves???   RaKay   From: Feckers, Charlotte [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 6:47 AM To: Rakay Dance; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: large clot   We have had two patients recently this same age one male, one female both had large clots in lower extremities.  Our Vascular surgeon took them to OR under MAC and Local, made an incision starting at the ankle. He infused I am thinking Urokinase  for Several hours then went back to OR with Ultrasound and I believe some flouro went up the leg to the point of the next occlusion made a nick placed a large bore cath.same thing until the clot was gone. I want to say they both ended up going back about three times.  I have to say it was quite remarkable watching the perfusion return to the leg as the hours went by.  Those with interventional rad. may have newer and better techniques but this did work very little discomfort to the patient other then laying around for the day.  We never did know why they got the clots in the first place. Hope this is helpful Charlotte Feckers RN CRNI ICU Covenant Medical Center [EMAIL PROTECTED]     From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rakay Dance Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 5:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: large clot I have a personal question for the venous specialists out there.  My 24 year old son has a clot in his Right leg from the iliac vein to his ankle and in the L leg from above the knee to the ankle.  We have no idea of the cause—Any ideas??  Also how is the rest of the country treating this problem?  Any help would be appreciated.     RaKay Privileged/Confidential information may be contained in this message. The information contained in this message is intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above and their co-workers who are working on the same matter. The recipient of this information is prohibited from disclosing the information to any other party unless this disclosure has been authorized in advance. If you are not intended recipient of this message or any agent responsible for delivery of the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken in reliance on the contents of this message is strictly prohibited. You should immediately destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply E-Mail. Please advise immediately if you or your employer does not consent to Internet E-Mail for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of the firm shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it.