Clot free, and dog coat/cape arrived

So I spent the night at A&E (Accident & Emergency) the other night, then left at 2am, and then had to come back the next morning for an ultrasound of my calf to check for clots (we had a tiny bit of sleep!).... and drum roll, as I said in the title, I am clot free. So now I have to figure out why my leg is still hurting so oddly - I suppose it is 'just' my usual condition. Now my left leg seems to be hurting some too, so at least that convinces me they were right in diagnosing no clot. Just have to worry about decreasing abilities some more now though, sigh, nothing ever seems to improve, I just collect more symptoms lol. Need that puppy!

Today I had a nice surprise in the mail. I ordered a custom service dog cape/coat on ebay several weeks back, from the US, and today it came. It is for my big soft toy assistance dog called Harry, who is my only assistance dog until I get a live one, lol! However, it should be of a size to reuse on a 10 week or so old golden retriever puppy. I'll try to get a photo of Harry wearing it later and put it up here, he looks very dashing! My husband just rolled his eyes at my rather whimsical behaviour, but if you don't have fun occasionally, then you may as well be dead. It was very economical too, $8 US and $5 US postage to Australia, so like $12.20 AU in total. I figure it will be his first "Ask to pat" "In training" cape, although I may not put "Assistance Dog" on it at that early early stage of training. As they are so economical I may get another one for when he grows, I think this one should last maybe up to four months, maybe a bit more if I am lucky, the straps adjust a lot. After about six months I would probably start him on a light harness, and eventually add a very light handle. The cape came from here if you are interested in ordering your own, speaking simply as a happy customer. Note that they are not padded at all, so do not expect them to be warm. You can also get them customised with writing on them, your dog's name etc, or just SERVICE DOG.

Not the usual place, but worried

So this is not the usual place to worry about this type of thing, but I don't want to load it onto anyone else at the moment, so you're going to have to cop it. Recently, whilst on the very looong flight to the UK to get married I got two DVTs in my calf. This was the second instance of clots in the last year or thereabouts, so it seems I am going to be on warfarin for life (although I am thinking about seeing a specialist about it). It also may be being caused by my autoimmune condition - I should soon find out from some blood tests done about a week ago. However, the calf in which the clots were last time is pretty sore. No way near as sore as last time but sorer than it should be, sorer than my first clot. I don't know what to do. -.- I did tell my husband that it was sore, but really only in passing. I can't decide whether it needs to be checked out with an ultrasound, whether I need to go to the hospital or what. I am on warfarin as I said, and my INR (how thin or sticky my blood is) was tested just a couple of days ago and it's really good. I've also been wearing compression stockings quite a bit recently, although not all daylight hours every day as before, as my GP doesn't think I need to wear them quite as much now it's nearly two months after the last clots and my INR is excellent at the moment. Having said that, the UK clot people thought I should wear them for TWO YEARS (I nearly died in shock when they told me that) so I don't know what to think. Maybe I have caused a clot by not continuing to wear my stockings full time???? If anyone is out there, what should I do? :(

Briefly on the dog topic, no reply from email to latest breeder.... getting impatient! They should be at my beck and call damnit. I am either going to have to start lowing my hip score standards, or go further afield for my breeders, sigh, there could be some long drives to choose and pick up puppies.