Back to theatre

She had many ups and downs. Being called to ICU by one of the nurses on the Sunday was probably the worst moment. When I got there, with my friend Caroline who had come to see us, they wouldn’t let me in. It was dreadful just waiting there and knowing that when they came out it could be with the worst news. She was just so unstable and several times over the next couple of weeks they had to work hard on her to keep her with us. On this occasion she had suffered a clot in her leg following surgery, it was causing some problems and they were concerned that any break off could cause a stroke or be carried to her heart/lungs. Her right leg was cold and mottled and there was no pulse, so they had to take her back to theatre where they removed an embolism from the femoral artery at her groin. They also closed her chest at the same time as she was on maximum heparin, they needed to prevent her bleeding more than necessary and they wanted to do chest physio to help her shift the bronchiolitis.