We leave for disney in 3 days and my husband was just diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism. We are driving to disney from pgh , so we will be in the car along time. My mom is making me panic telling me this pe clot could kill DH and we shouldn't go on our trip. DH said not to cancel. I don't know what the doctor recommends. DH has a ct scan tomorrow. I guess we will wait to see what it says. But right now I am a mess.
Has anyone ever been diagnosed w/ a pe clot?
Listen to your mother.
I was hospitalized on 9/11/07 with bilateral pulmonary emboli. I passed out at work and was taken by ambulance to the ER. I spent three days in intensive care, and then four more days at the hospital before the blood thinners were at a level safe for me to go home. I was on Oxygen for the first five days.
Once was released, I had to inject myself twice a day with Lovenox until the Coumadin levels were at a therapeutic level. I had to go back to the hospital every other day to have my blood clotting times tested for several weeks, then once a week for several months. Toward the end, I had to go once a month. I was only taken off the Coumadin in July.
I had NO WARNING -- just passed out -- if I'd been driving, I'd probably be dead. If there were anyone else in the car, they might be dead as well.
Cancel your trip until your husband's condition is better. Once he is "stabilized" on blood thinners, you can travel safely.
A doctor's letter will be sufficient for your
travel insurance to pay benefits, and WDW was very good about canceling stuff we had prepaid (we were scheduled to go at the end of October).
Don't risk his life or yours or your kids' lives. WDW will still be there.
Sounds like your mom was trying to give you and your DH a reality check. My doctor said that if treatment isn't started soon enough, the patient has a 30% of dying.
Be grateful for the advance warning and that your husband will have the chance to get treatment before it is that critical.
