Video explaining why people probably aren't going to be able to avoid vaccine https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/01/can-i-be-forced-to-get-the-covid-vaccine.html
Lol he literally just told private businesses that they can’t discriminate based on vaccination status. Wonder if he’d do the same for other minority groups?
My mom found out she had covid the weekend of 3/20 which was two weeks after getting the J&J vaccine. She’s an occupational health nurse so she’s surely been around it plenty in the last 12 months, so the timing was pretty weird. The last two weeks she’s mostly been coughing, had the chills, lost taste, etc etc. But this last week she’d been doing better for the most part. This evening my stepdad called me and said they were in the ER bc she couldn’t breathe and was in pain whenever she moved her arms. They got there and the hospital staff freaked out bc she had something called a saddle pulmonary embolism, which I guess is like a large clot between both lungs. They said it was extensive and obviously serious. Took her to interventional radiology to look at it more and address it. The lead doctor comes out to talk to us and was being somewhat ominous so we got pretty worried. Then five min later he came back and said they were able to remove all of it with some newish procedure called a mechanical thrombectomy. Then we got to see her and she seemed pretty good despite being tired. Talked to me about how much the Reds suck and all the usual stuff. Now she’s gotta stay there for 24 hours before being released (barring something unforeseen). The doctor said the mass they removed is the biggest they’ve seen in the facility since covid started. Been a wild night.
I think that’s what they did here in Houston. I got my first dose at a large parking lot at a high school close by but since then they changed it over to only first doses of Moderna and J&J. Had to drive up to Humble and get my second in an empty Parking Spot lot next to Bush airport. Everyone there had their cards so I’m assuming they set it up to handle second doses. Still no waiting time other than the 15 mins after the shot.
I’m an interventional radiologist as well. It’s crazy how many clots we’re seeing these days, both in veins and arteries. We’re seeing them in people with active COVID and people that are 1-2 months post recovery. I’ve personally worked on two of my med school classmates’ dads in the past 6 months, both recovered from COVID with subsequent PEs. The device they used is probably the same we use, it’s called the Inari Flowtriever if you want to YouTube it. It’s basically a big garden hose we cross the heart with and then suck out everything we can. Anticoagulation finishes off the rest. I was terrified the first time I used it because it’s intimidatingly large buts it’s become pretty routine since. Glad your mom is recovering, hang in there
Here’s a pic of what the boogers look like after they get sucked out. Spoilered in case anybody gets grossed out by stuff like this Spoiler
entirety of covid this has been what all the physicians here have been obsessed with, because it's seemed ultra random and impacting all ages. just the dynamic of like patient in their 20s positive covid, no covid symptoms, rushed to ER and dies from random PE or whatnot seemed to be happening uncomfortably regularly during our peak periods here. going to be interesting what the research says on it going forward
Yeah, that’s one of the first I did from about 7 months ago. Here’s an example of what it looks like before and after we suck it out. Arrows are pointing to the clot in first pic, which is draped over a pulmonary artery branch point supplying blood to the right upper lobe. Next 2 pics are after cleanup. The dark stuff is the IV contrast dye we inject to see the clot and the lighter stuff is the clot where the IV contrast isn’t able to penetrate. Spoiler
Yeah I remember several posts now a few months after COVID started about clots killing people. I guess I haven't thought about it since doctors have gotten much smarter on trying to diagnose as well most of us only focusing on vaccination roll out. It's easy to forget that there's still very serious complications if you get COVID.
Is it routine to start ppl on anticoagulants if they're hospitalized? Seems like I read that some hospitals had started doing that last year.
"A single dose of Pfizer’s or Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine was 80% effective in preventing coronavirus infections, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study of vaccinated health-care workers. The effectiveness of partial immunization was seen two weeks after the first dose, according to the CDC, which looked at nearly 4,000 health-care personnel, first responders and front-line workers between Dec. 14 and March 13. The health-care personnel and other essential workers in the study, which was published Monday, had no previous laboratory documentation of Covid-19 infection." https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/29/cdc...a-covid-vaccines-was-80percent-effective.html
Man, I’m sure that was terrifying. Glad she’s okay. Y’all are in my thoughts and prayers. My father-in-law died from a saddle pulmonary embolism.
We usually use prophylactic dosing of Lovenox (subcutaneous form of heparin) but it’s lower dosing than people that are known to have clots are on. Not sure if they’re putting covid patients on therapeutic dosing anticoagulation or not
Woke up feeling very similar to a hangover. Pretty tired and sore, but nothing too bad. Taking it easy for the most part. Hoping I’m like many that wake up feeling good the following day.
Wife and I got second Moderna before noon yesterday and were fine until we got up this morning. Not horrible but no energy, not hungry, just gonna lay around all day.
Caught something on the news that even though cases are up, they are pretty much all younger people. Proving the vaccines are effective as the olds are now only accountant for a small percentage of cases
All the FEMA sites in Florida are pivoting to J&J only for 1st shots starting Tuesday which coincides with 18+. Smart move to get as many young people in and out with one shot.
Have a friend in the ICU right now that had a couple strokes. Had mild Covid a month ago and all of a sudden started feeling bad this week. Went down hill fast and ended up on a vent. They removed the clots though and she is recovering. My sister has a friend that had an almost identical story. Both healthy and late 30's. Pelican glad your mom is on the mend that is scary af.
Haven’t seen anything but assuming he didn’t develop symptoms until after the game that’s a fast hospitalization
that's almost impossible? Unless he had it a little while back, recovered, and died of a clot or something as we've been discussing.