A Little More Detail

[pelzig]

So, last Thursday, I'm taking my stepdaughter to see her pediatrician. My wife joins me there and sees the back of my right leg had a red hue to it. I had been in a lot of pain just behind and below my knee and had an appointment Friday to see my doctor about it. So, my wife suggests I just go into the urgent care which was across the parking lot

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[michellesolomon]

That's a little more excitement than you want! You and the fam are in my prayers.

[pelzig]

Thank you! Appreciate that. :)

[sirfox]

I have plenty of background in the whole area of clotting. If you have questions i can help you with, drop me a line. *hugs*

[pelzig]

Awesome! I do have a question, actually. Do they make a prescription vitamin K emergency infusion to counteract coumadin if serious injury is sustained? I heard it was IV given, which, I'd think takes it out of the hands of the individual and is used only by hospitals and emergency responders.

[sirfox]

I'm not sure if they have megadoses of vitamin K, but what they'd likely dose you with would be something called Cryoprecipitate. long story short, if you take plasma, and thaw it slowly, a bunch of stuff precipitates out in the cold. This happens to include most of the Vitamin K dependent proteins. It's something they prepare and store frozen, and thaw out just before use. Because these are from people with normal blood and normal vitamin K, they'll do the work that your own proteins don't have enough oomph to accomplish with the coumadin keeping them down, and likely before the coumadin in your system can do much to them

[unikyrn]

I don't think you use Google+, but Creature just posted this URL over there. Rowen and I remembered you were interested in photography and might have an interest.

http://www.gadventures.com/careers/position-details/travel-photographer/

[pelzig]

Very cool and appreciate the tip. Alas, my photography is not what it was and in any case, relocation nor the travel involved is something I can do. Family and all. :)