I forgot to mention that they did have him tonight on a medicine for his heartbeat because it was going back and forth between irregular and regular.
White blood cell count is going down. It use to be at 23.4 now it is 17, they want it between 7-9.
I have gotten tons of questions about where the filter is in his body. This is what we were told. There is a vien in each leg that comes up the leg and join together in the lower stomach area, right above the joining into 1, they put the filter so that nothing gets up higher to the lungs. If the filter gets blocked (it's permanent) then his thighs will start to swell and they have a procedure to fix that problem.
I know there was something else I forgot...but can't remember it now....it's to late and my brain has shut down.
God Bless
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I'm so pleased that Tim is doing better and that they put the filter in. That has worked well for a lot of people I have worked with in the medical field.
I know the feeling of how good it feels to see their personality come out. Prayers will continue for his healing and your Peace, Patience and Comfort as you await the day he can go home with you.
This is the femoral vein...one of the largest in the body. It runs up both legs into the abdomen and directly to the heart. This is the source of the majority of blood clots that end up in the lung heart or brain. By putting this filter in each of these veins, more than 90% of clots that would otherwise cause heart attacks, strokes or pulmonary emboolisms can be stopped from causing permanent damage.
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