Appointment

So... Thursday, Caden and I go to Wesley for an appointment for an ultrasound. Not the kind you are thinking... :)

When Caden had his first surgery, 17 months ago (WOW) they had an Art Line in his Femoral Artery in his left groin. Well, he only had it in for a week or two, but it created a blood clot. He also had a smaller clot in his right neck from one of the IVs.

If you remember, we gave him lovenox (blood thinner) shots in his thighs twice a day for months after coming home from the hospital. We went back to KC last summer and they did an ultrasound on his neck and groin. They decided he didn't need to be on the lovenox anymore, but instead we started giving him a low-dose aspirin everyday. Well, that's been about a year now. When we went to the cardiologist in June, I asked her about how long he should have to take that. So, she decided that after his lung popped back open, and things were going better, that we would schedule another ultrasound and see if we can stop the aspirin. Of course... it's the cheapest drug he's on, so that's not the concern for me, it's just that I want to make sure that the clot truly is gone before we stop giving it to him. I don't want it to get dislodged and travel through his body.

When we went last summer, they said that they were unable to find the one in his neck, and the one in the groin was smaller than it was previously. Hopefully that trend continued!!!

I will let you all know how it goes.