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B.C. man required emergency surgery after AstraZeneca vaccination

Shaun Mulldoon suffered ѻýmassive blood clotѻý after jab
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Astra Zeneca vaccine waits for injection in a Feb. 3, 2021 file photo. A Langley man has become the second B.C. resident to suffer a blood clot following an injection. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

A Langley father of two required emergency surgery for a blood clot after he was given an injection of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine.

In a social media post, Shaun Mulldoon described how he ended up requiring emergency surgery after the vaccination to remove a ѻýmassive blood clot.ѻý

Mulldoon said he began having stomach pains about 10 days after his vaccination, and after several days of pain, and two visits to his family doctor, he required two emergency operations.

ѻýSeventeen days after my vaccine [I] ended up going into emergency surgery to remove over six feet of my small intestine,ѻý Mulldon said.

More was removed two days later.

ѻýMy surgeon told me it was very close,ѻý Mulldoon said.

ѻýI really wish they had let us know what ѻýworse case scenarioѻý might look like,ѻý Mulldoon commented.

He remains in hospital.

ѻýIf you get Astra and do not feel 100 per cent, get yourself to emergency immediately!ѻý he advised.

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Fraser Health Authority declined to comment on the case, citing patient confidentiality.

On Friday, May 13, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry confirmed there has been a second case of vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT) linked to the AstraZenecavaccine in B.C.

The person affected was described as a man in his 40ѻýs who was in stable condition after receiving treatment in the Fraser Health region.

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More than two million Canadians got AstraZeneca for their first jab.

Since then, Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan said they would reserve remaining doses for second shots due to limited supply.

Ontario paused its use over concerns about blood clots.

There have been at least 18 other confirmed cases of VITT in Canada and three people have died.


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