still clotted...

Hi All,
I'm having fun with my parents in tri-cities, but have some bad news to report. I had my follow-up ultrasound on my arm, and things are not looking good. The clot is still very large, and runs from my chest through my arm to the elbow. YIKES! I've had 20 shots of medicine, but they didn't really help much, apparantly. The good news is that the swelling in my arm is going down, so I'm hopeful for blood to be flowing soon.

I had a really bad night last night, I almost went to the ER... the vomiting was much worse than normal, and it felt like I was throwing up from my toes. I'm dry-heaving a lot, and am pretty exhausted from it all.

In addition to that, my new picc line--in the left arm, now... doesn't seem to be healing. The docs think I'm bleeding an abnormal amount from the blood thinning shots that I'm getting, but it'd still be great if it would heal.

There is still no news about the drug study medication, but I am going to see the GI doctor in Edmonds on Tuesday... hopefully he'll have good news about the study, and some new medications for me to try!

You can pray specifically for the clot to be re-absorbed in my right arm, and for the new picc line in my left arm to heal so that I'm not at risk for infection. While you're at the praying, you can pray that God does a miraculous healing, and that I don't throw up anymore ever. :)

I love you all, and treasure your thoughts, prayers, and comments. Thanks for hanging in there with me, all you faithful blog-readers. :)

brelin