After AstraZeneca vaccine Severe Adverse Reaction: Hematoma & Blood Clot in Leg

 

Lorraine Catalano

AstraZeneca 2nd June 2021

Severe Adverse Reaction: Hematoma & Blood Clot in Leg (as per covered Photo!)

Lorraine's Story in Her Own Words

I had my first astra Zeneca shot on June 2nd. 

3 days later my calf started to swell. By day 5 I had a large red swollen lump. I went back to the Doctor twice a week for the next 2 weeks. They said I had an ingrown hair & gave me iV & Oral antibiotics. 

A week later antibiotics had made no difference. I went back again to Dr & they told me to go to emergency at the hospital for IV overnight. 

My neutrophils had dropped down to .1 (critically dangerous). The hospital sent me home without treatment & tube of antibiotic cream! 

4 days later I limped back to the Dr & demanded an ultrasound. The Dr said it was an ‘abscess’. Radiologist said there was no abscess there & she didn’t know what it was. 

Last week I went back to a different Dr who lanced it. He was shocked! It was a Hematoma & Blood Clot. I now have a huge hole in my leg. 

I am tired & sick all the time. My neutrophils are so low I cannot fight infection. My lymph nodes are swollen & i'm exhausted, depressed & can’t think clearly. 

It’s been the worst 6 weeks of my life! I still feel lucky though because the clot was on my leg where I could see it & do something about it. If it had been in my brain or lungs I’d be dead