Within a week of the wreck, the vascular doctors inserted a filter into Meg's inferior vena cava to protect her from blood clots. They attempted to remove the filter Christmas Eve but found a blood clot in the filter during the procedure. Meg was put on blood thinners to dissolve the clot and prevent another one. Being on blood thinners is a BIG drag. Aside from the daily doses of an additional medication, blood thinner patients are required to go in weekly or bi-weekly to have their levels checked. If it's too high or too low, the meds are adjusted to try to keep things in the right zone. Unfortunately, Meg's Wegener's Granulomatosis meds interfered with the Coumadin causing her levels to be all over the place. And then there was a nose bleed that required a trip to the ER in June.
They attempted to remove the filter on Wednesday in an in office procedure but weren't successful. Today, Meg went under anesthesia in an outpatient hospital surgery to try again....and they got it out.
Almost 7 months later, Meg is back to the point she was at when she had the wreck...with a little extra hardware, a few scars, and a completely different perspective on life. She continues to fight Wegener's Granulomatosis and currently seems to be winning that battle as well.
