Vice President Dick Cheney is being treated for a blood clot in his leg following a nine-day trip to various countries including Oman Afghanistan Pakistan Great Britain and Australia and Japan. The vice president is taking blood thinners to treat the clot in his leg. He has had a long history of heart and blood problems throughout the years.
His recent journey has taken him over 22,000 miles on a nine-day trip. Blood clots often form when people sit in one position or for too much time (as I stand up for my desk chair). The vice president had delivered a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars conference and was shortly thereafter taken to see his doctor when he was starting to feel and report some discomfort in his leg. Blood clots can be extremely dangerous even lethal if not treated. Even under treatment they can still be dangerous if a blood clot breaks free and lodges itself in a person's brain heart or lungs.
The vice president with his history of heart ailments appears to be taking the situation seriously and as doctors seem to have things under control. The risk will remain however even under treatment.
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