Try number two at writing a blog. After a 6 day stay at a local hospital in Anchorage, Kikkan was discharged yesterday. After returning to hospital early last week it was determined that her clot had returned larger than the one previously removed two weeks earlier. What we have learned since then: May-Thurner Syndrome (see previous blog post) has moved up the ladder to the number one spot as the initial cause for the clot formation. The syndrome causes the the upper iliac vein to narrow restric… Continue

This is my first attempt ever at a blog post and I am going to use my fiancees post from another site. It is an important post as it was just discovered that she had a massive blood clot in her left leg. I mention this because she is a current World Cup cross-country skier with the US ski team and a few of the environmental factors that led to the clot were from her athletic lifestyle i.e. travel - long periods of immobility, and dehydration. Since her initial post listed below it was discovered… Continue