This week, the wife's doc told her she could stop taking the cumadin (Warfarin) she's been on since January, ever since she fractured her ankle and developed a DVT (deep vein thrombosis - blood clot). Yes! She's a healer!
The wife already bruised like a banana. Any little bump would develop a bruise. Add on cumadin on top of that, and she got a little black and blue. Just the simple act of drawing blood last week resulted in a large hematoma where they stuck her.
One of the best things about getting off of the blood thinners is that she can now go back to using ibuprofen (Advil), which is the closest thing to a miracle drug I've seen. You can't mix NSAID's with blood thinners, unless you feel like dying, from the inside.
All it took for her to fracture her ankle was one slightly wrong step on the stairs in our home. Slipped off of one step, rolled her ankle, and pop! Either from the trauma or from purposefully elevating her leg to relieve swelling from the ankle, she developed a blood clot. One wrong move with a blood clot and that sucker can dislodge and travel into the lungs or heart or brain, and can result in death.
So, everyone, watch your step!
Aren't we just in awe of this "intelligent design?"
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