Please pray for my father-in-law

I received the following message from Donna Moran, Jon's mom yesterday. Please be in prayer for Dick and Donna during this time. Thank you so much.

A week ago today (Wed) Dick went to the doctor because he was experiencing shortness of breath whenever he walked outside. A friend suggested the high pollen count may have been the trigger, and, since his blood pressure was higher than usual, the doctor gave him an additional prescription, ordered a chest X-ray and echo cardiogram, with a follow-up in two weeks. He swam a mile on Saturday (not a hard work-out mile, but a steady swim), and it went well, but later he said he must have pulled a muscle while swimming because he had an ache in his leg. He also had considerably more swelling in his left leg that in his right leg.

Monday (the day of my cataract surgery) the pain and swelling had increased, and by Tuesday his whole left leg ached, was very swollen and stiff. The doctor said he should go to emergency, which we did just before noon. This is the same leg in which he has had cellulitis more than once, but there was no indication it was that again. A sonogram revealed a sizable blockage in that leg, and DVT, deep vein thrombosis, was diagnosed. They started heparin (intravenous blood thinner), and said he would probably be in the hospital for four or five days while establishing a regimen of coumadin.

Further tests have indicated that one or more clots have reached his lung, and he's being sent to the heart cath lab, where they are installing a filter at the lung that will screen out any clot that might approach. They're continuing to explore any other possibilities, especially since he is not a typical DVT patient. He's feeling pretty good and is as mobile as one can be with two IV's. I took his C-pap machine to him, but he's missing the opportunity to sleep on his stomach, which is natural for him.

Your prayers are much appreciated.