Valley Tales With Micah Garcia

Surprise, surprise! Finally gotta a new episode for ya! In April of 2024, I—the West Coast Güero—had to check into the ER which subsequently sent me into emergency surgery to fix a case of blood clots. Yes, that’s CLOTS, plural, with an “s.” Scary stuff. Not casual at all. Unbeknownst to me, I had been living with DVT for up to possibly 10 years, maybe even longer. We’ll never know for sure their age! But it was so long, in fact, that after the original clot sat comfortably for a while, a second vein joined the party and formed its own. I was diagnosed with an extremely rare blood clotting condition in my upper left arm called phlegmasia cerulea dolens. In less technical terms, DVT of my left axillary vein and thrombosis of my left subclavian vein. To my fortune, though, my veins, left arm, and life were saved by an incredible team of physicians, technicians, and surgeons. My appreciation is infinite. This was a sudden happening for me, and has put everything into perspective. ¡Órale, mi vida loca! By all mea