Gunny456 said:
I'm getting old …. I went and talked with the wife about this. She almost died from the clot (clots). Was in the hospital for 6 weeks. We had been married for less than a year. One scary time.
She said they had her on a cocktail of Coumadin, Heparin, Persantin, and Captopril. She said that Captopril was the one the "dock" told her was made from snake venom ….not Coumadin.
Well at least it started with a "C". I'm not totally nuts (yet) !
Glad your wife is okay. That's scary and from what you describe it was extremely serious to have all that. Hope she's getting good regular checkups to minimize future potential ones.
I'm from a family that did some ranching and my wife is also (her family are though the "big time" ranchers). I love the outdoors, hunting, dining on wild game, etc. I know how destructive wild hogs are and while it's not going to be possible, they should be not just "controlled" but eradicated. I also know that while statistically things like contracting brucellosis, someone not noticing the blue tint from a warfarin poisoned animal, etc are very low, it's just not worth the risk. They carry so many parasites also. So, again, it's just not worth the risk. It's like raw, unpasteurized, unhomongenized milk. I drank lots of that growing up (and yes, a time or two sick from it). But, now I wouldn't and wouldn't let my kids or family. Like the taste of unpasteurized, fine, but at least seek out the newer ultra filtered.
I know I was just answering to you on the Coumadin origin and your wife's clots. But, I just included my thoughts on eating wild hog (even without the Coumadin possibility) so I didn't post multiple times.