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Jeff,

I had 5 blood clots to my left lung post laminectomy surgery. I was told to get out of bed and sit for a while the day after my 7 hr surgery.

Initially they treated me with Heparin and I was told the clots would dissolve, and they did. I was told to do bed reast the day after the event and was then asked to start walking the next day. I was on Coumadin for 2 months after.

Did they insert a Greenfield filter in the vena cava to prevent any more clots from traveling up from the legs? Does he have the compression devices that inflate on his legs to keep blood from pooling? It is my ubnderstanding that the clot has reached it's limit of travel, dead end in the lung.

I am not a doc but a survivor of pulonary emboli and am speaking from my experience.

Best of Luck to your dad!