We have a friend who broke her foot (jumping off a bale of hay). She was in a cast for 6 weeks and just had the cast removed on Wednesday. On Thursday morning she was feeling fine and looking forward to having a walking cast so she could get back to work. Thursday afternoon, she was feeling a little tired, so she went into the bedroom to take a nap. Her 17 year old son found her later that afternoon dead. Apparently she had developed a blood clot.

I know there are several nurses here and I have a question ... is this common? What are the symptoms of a blood clot? Is there anything that can be done to avoid this? It just seems INCREDIBLE to me that someone could die from a broken foot! I guess since I know I have osteoporosis, I'm really kind of worried about this.

Thanks for any input.

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Linda