Can one of the docs tell me where to go to get information on a condition like this?
Our youngest son is in his mid-twenties. He's a pit boss at a casino, so he spends most of his days on his feet, but it isn't a physically strenuous job. For the past 3 weeks he has been complaining increasingly of pain in his left arm. When the problem started, he went to the emergency room where they examined him for a heart attack and sent him home with pain killers. Later, he went to see his GP who oversaw his birth and has treated him off and on for the past 25 years. He decided at that visit that she has grown too old to be trusted with his health. But she recommended he see a chiropractor, which he did. The chiropractor tried to help, but the problem continued to increase until Saturday when he found he didn't have the strength in his left hand to hold the deck of cards he was dealing.
He went to the emergency room immediately, the third ER visit since this problem began, and was given more pain killers and a brace for his arm. The pain became excruciating and his arm went numb on the drive home and when he got there, he pulled the brace off to find his arm was half purple and half green. He phoned us and we told him to get back to the emergency room and get an ultra-sound of his arm. He was so scared.
Around midnight, his wife called to say that the ER was arranging an ambulance to take him to another hospital. An ultra-sound had found a blood clot spanning from his elbow to shoulder. Today, his sister told us that the clot is in a vein, he is on massive blood thinners, and if he had been any older, his capilaries would not have been able to carry enough blood to save his arm. She added that he has spines on his neck vertibrae that will need to be removed sometime because that was the cause of the clot.
All this is just beyond comprehension. Can you guide me to where I can learn more about this? We are 1000 miles away. He can't have visitors.
Our youngest son is in his mid-twenties. He's a pit boss at a casino, so he spends most of his days on his feet, but it isn't a physically strenuous job. For the past 3 weeks he has been complaining increasingly of pain in his left arm. When the problem started, he went to the emergency room where they examined him for a heart attack and sent him home with pain killers. Later, he went to see his GP who oversaw his birth and has treated him off and on for the past 25 years. He decided at that visit that she has grown too old to be trusted with his health. But she recommended he see a chiropractor, which he did. The chiropractor tried to help, but the problem continued to increase until Saturday when he found he didn't have the strength in his left hand to hold the deck of cards he was dealing.
He went to the emergency room immediately, the third ER visit since this problem began, and was given more pain killers and a brace for his arm. The pain became excruciating and his arm went numb on the drive home and when he got there, he pulled the brace off to find his arm was half purple and half green. He phoned us and we told him to get back to the emergency room and get an ultra-sound of his arm. He was so scared.
Around midnight, his wife called to say that the ER was arranging an ambulance to take him to another hospital. An ultra-sound had found a blood clot spanning from his elbow to shoulder. Today, his sister told us that the clot is in a vein, he is on massive blood thinners, and if he had been any older, his capilaries would not have been able to carry enough blood to save his arm. She added that he has spines on his neck vertibrae that will need to be removed sometime because that was the cause of the clot.
All this is just beyond comprehension. Can you guide me to where I can learn more about this? We are 1000 miles away. He can't have visitors.
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