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Terri
Greetings,
This is my first time on this chat line.
My Mom went undiagnosed for 6 days with her coumadin level at 9.5.
When her doctor finally read the report which sat in their fax machine over Thanksgiving weekend, they called and told me to get her to the closest emergency room.
I did, and long story short, after 5 pints of whole platets blood transfusion, and two weeks later, they tell me my Mother passed away from cirrosis of the liver, caused by heart disease.
In October of this year, she had no liver disease and that is recorded by her kidney doctor.
She had mitral valve repacement 20 years ago and has been on coumadin ever since..........no problems. All of a sudden her level skyrockets, no-one was looking at the results, and my mother dies.
I'm not buying it. I beleive the coumadin level is the reason.
Anyone familiar with toxic coumadin levels and what can happen to someone at that stage.
Thanks.....Terri
This is my first time on this chat line.
My Mom went undiagnosed for 6 days with her coumadin level at 9.5.
When her doctor finally read the report which sat in their fax machine over Thanksgiving weekend, they called and told me to get her to the closest emergency room.
I did, and long story short, after 5 pints of whole platets blood transfusion, and two weeks later, they tell me my Mother passed away from cirrosis of the liver, caused by heart disease.
In October of this year, she had no liver disease and that is recorded by her kidney doctor.
She had mitral valve repacement 20 years ago and has been on coumadin ever since..........no problems. All of a sudden her level skyrockets, no-one was looking at the results, and my mother dies.
I'm not buying it. I beleive the coumadin level is the reason.
Anyone familiar with toxic coumadin levels and what can happen to someone at that stage.
Thanks.....Terri