My Hearfelt Gratitude to God for the Successful Operation on my Mother

Today, August 20,2010 at 7:00 AM, my mother had an operation to put a DVT filter to prevent the blood clots in her both legs to go to the lungs and heart which is fatal. I thank God that the operation went well. God granted our prayers and His faithfulness and great might are again proven.

What Is Deep Vein Thrombosis?

A deep vein thrombosis is a blood clot that forms in a vein deep in the body. Most deep vein clots occur in the leg or hip veins. They also can occur in other parts of the body. Blood clots in the veins in the thigh are usually more serious than blood clots that happen in veins in your lower leg. If a clot in a vein breaks off and travels through your bloodstream, it can lodge in your lung. This is called a pulmonary embolism, which is a very serious condition that can cause death.

Anticoagulants (sometimes called blood thinners) decrease your blood's ability to clot. They are used to stop clots from getting bigger and to prevent a blood clot from forming. Anticoagulants do not break up blood clots that have already formed. The most common side effect of anticoagulants is bleeding. Vena cava filters are used when you cannot take medications to thin your blood, or if you are taking blood thinners and continue to develop clots. The filter can prevent blood clots from moving from the vein in your legs to the lung (pulmonary embolism). The filter is inserted inside a large vein called the vena cava (through the neck). It can catch the clots as they try to move through the body to the lungs. This treatment will prevent a pulmonary embolism, but will not stop you from developing more clots.

Your doctor may prescribe graduated compression stockings to reduce the chronic swelling that can occur in the leg after a blood clot has developed. (My mother hates these stockings!)

Atherosclerosis (also known as arteriosclerotic vascular disease or ASVD) is a condition in which an artery wall thickens as the result of a build-up of fatty materials such as cholesterol. It is commonly referred to as a hardening or furring of the arteries. It is caused by the formation of multiple plaques within the arteries. Arteriosclerosis is a general term describing any hardening (and loss of elasticity) of medium or large arteries.

A stenosis is an abnormal narrowing in a blood vessel or other tubular organ or structure.

Considering all these complications, I thank all those in the caring group and my Landbank friends as well as other faithful friends and family members who made their prayers for a successful operation on my mother.

May God bless us!