Kady's biggest challenge right now is disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). It is a pathological process in the body where the blood starts to coagulate throughout the whole body. This depletes the body of its platelets and coagulation factors, resulting in the paradoxic situation in which there is a high risk for simultaneous catastrophic thrombosis as well as massive hemorrhage.
So the two dangers are edema and general seepage and the possibility that she will start throwing clots.
Shit.
Dr. Colopy says DIC can happen when a patient has a "full body assault" and big surgery like Kady had certainly qualifies. One of the lab results they are waiting for is a coagulation test, and that will tell if the DIC is resolving.
This just SUCKS.
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