We had to cancel our Las Vegas, Grand Canyon trip the day before we were to leave. DH ended up in ER with breathing issues in the middle of the night.
After all kinds of tests and scans they determined that he had a blood clot in his left lung and a lung infection along with pneumonia. He was moved from ER to ICU where he remained for the last 7 days on 100% oxygen, 2 different antibiotics and a blood thinner by IV called Heparin. Also giving him steroids. He was moved from ICU today, the Heparin was stopped and they put him on pill form of blood thinner called Xeralto. They have reduced oxygen down to 80% and if continues to improve will reduce it to 60% tomorrow. They believe that the new chemo drug Zydelig is what caused all of this and his oncologist immediately took him off of it.
Has anyone used this blood thinner that can tell me other than bleeding and bruising what I need to watch out for? He has never been on a blood thinner before.
Prayers for him would also be greatly appreciated.
TIA,
Suzanne
After all kinds of tests and scans they determined that he had a blood clot in his left lung and a lung infection along with pneumonia. He was moved from ER to ICU where he remained for the last 7 days on 100% oxygen, 2 different antibiotics and a blood thinner by IV called Heparin. Also giving him steroids. He was moved from ICU today, the Heparin was stopped and they put him on pill form of blood thinner called Xeralto. They have reduced oxygen down to 80% and if continues to improve will reduce it to 60% tomorrow. They believe that the new chemo drug Zydelig is what caused all of this and his oncologist immediately took him off of it.
Has anyone used this blood thinner that can tell me other than bleeding and bruising what I need to watch out for? He has never been on a blood thinner before.
Prayers for him would also be greatly appreciated.
TIA,
Suzanne