Mark801
15-03-12, 02:24
Hello everyone.
Right now, I have intense anxiety for my mother and the sad thing is she's not worried one bit. It all happened last week Wednesday when she went to the airport to see my cousin off at the airport.
She was walking down the escalator and somehow she tripped down the last four steps. She's not overweight neither is she slender. She fell on her side and basically all of her weight fell on her ankle and she twisted it.
She came home that evening with her ankle swollen like a golf ball. As of now her ankle swelling has went down but her foot and lower leg is slightly swollen and my cousin who is a nurse said that its because there's fluid from the cartilage that causes that.
But I'm terrified that my mom has blood clots in her legs. I mean her leg isn't discolored and I keep asking her if she feels shortness of breath or if she has chest pains but she says that she's fine. The only thing bothering her is when she puts weight on her foot as she walks.
My dad and I finally convinced her to go to the ER but she won't go until the morning. Please I'm begging for some advice here. Could a fall like tat cause blood clots or am I overreacting?
Right now, I have intense anxiety for my mother and the sad thing is she's not worried one bit. It all happened last week Wednesday when she went to the airport to see my cousin off at the airport.
She was walking down the escalator and somehow she tripped down the last four steps. She's not overweight neither is she slender. She fell on her side and basically all of her weight fell on her ankle and she twisted it.
She came home that evening with her ankle swollen like a golf ball. As of now her ankle swelling has went down but her foot and lower leg is slightly swollen and my cousin who is a nurse said that its because there's fluid from the cartilage that causes that.
But I'm terrified that my mom has blood clots in her legs. I mean her leg isn't discolored and I keep asking her if she feels shortness of breath or if she has chest pains but she says that she's fine. The only thing bothering her is when she puts weight on her foot as she walks.
My dad and I finally convinced her to go to the ER but she won't go until the morning. Please I'm begging for some advice here. Could a fall like tat cause blood clots or am I overreacting?