I have had a whirlwind two weeks.
Emergency c section with a blood loss of 1500ml- they also had to cut more muscle as baby got stuck.
Poorly after c sec and was treated for sepsis.
Started to have breathing difficulties at night, heavy chest etc. Went to a&e and had a chest x ray, ecg, heart scan and bloods. All was well apart from HB was 79.
Two units of blood via transfusion.
Back in a&e with a crackly sound when laying down and shortness of breath- this was yesterday.
Was told I may have blood clots. Absolute panic.
Had scan today and no blood clots; but was told I have a small amount of fluid between lungs and chest wall.
Well I can't find any info on this apart from when you have heart failure or something serious??
The dr told me it's probably from where I had really swollen legs/feet from post surgery and my body with the lack of HB couldn't get rid of it. So it's built up in chest.
He said now I've had a transfusion it should start to go...
I don't know why but I can't help but feel there is something else and I just cannot relax! I have proper health anxiety and I guess this is because so much has happened in under two weeks.
Can you just get fluid in chest for such a small reason? I can't help but think something else is wrong. I'm worried.
Dr had told me to have an x ray in 6 weeks time to check it's all gone and back to normal. But that was about it!