When the ER doctor downplayed her symptoms, Karina trusted her body and advocated for herself. It’s the reason she’s able to tell her story today.
I couldn't understand his lack of urgency and the way he downplayed the seriousness of the situation. I was there because another doctor had found a huge blood clot in my leg, and 18 years earlier I'd had a blood clot in the same leg and a, where blood clots block arteries in the lungs. I tried to tell him that, and about the gene I have that makes me more susceptible to clots, but he didn't want to hear about it.
But he refused to look at the report. Instead, he wanted to send me home with blood thinners. He kept insisting I was fine, referencing my blood pressure and heart rate, which were within normal range, and my lack of chest pain. I went back to the waiting room where I kept thinking about my aunt. I also flashed back when I had a pulmonary embolism after knee surgery. Back then, the first time I went to the ER, I was sent home after being given an enema because the doctors thought I was constipated. The next day, I woke up in excruciating pain in the lower left side of the back of my ribcage and returned to the ER. The doctor took my vitals. They were fine that day, too.
My first thought was that I'd just run three miles instead of six. But as I was trying that on for size, it didn't make sense to me. There was no reason why one leg should be hurting so much more than the other. And then I thought,"God, what if it's another blood clot?"
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