OlderiJustine Reveals Why She Spent 5 Days In The Hospital This Past Week
Justine Ezarik, aka iJustine, spent quite a few days in the hospital this past week.
The YouTube star took to Twitter on Thursday (April 7) to open up about what led to her being in the hospital.
“TLDR; I was in the hospital for 5 days with a blood clot in my shoulder that traveled to my lungs (PE). I have a potential diagnosis of paget schroetter syndrome, and may have to have a rib removed,” she shared.
Learn more about what happened inside…
Justine said that she had texted her sister last Tuesday and said she thought she might have a blood clot in her arm.
After continuing on for the next few days, she woke up with a swollen arm on Friday, and wasn’t able to lift her arm, so they went to the hospital.
Then, she got an ultrasound and it proved that her blood clot theory was right. She was later transported to a larger hospital to have surgery the next morning.
Her sister was by her side the whole time, and she even got a visit from Rosanna Pansino and her boyfriend Michael Lamond, aka Husky.
We’re so glad to know Justine is feeling better!
Check out all of Justine’s tweets below that share the full story…
2) Tues: Texted my sister who just landed from Germany that I thought I had a blood clot. My arm was swollen + felt a little faint. Took my BP – it was normal. I showered, rested and swelling went down. I went to a nice web3 dinner that evening 🥗🍕 pic.twitter.com/gB2oo9fQ1B
— iJustine (@ijustine) April 7, 2022
4) Thurs: I was supposed to go back to the convention but was too tired. I had light saber training at 7am and then I cleaned my garage, assembled a push sled 🤦🏼♀️😂 By afternoon my arm was not looking good. I went to another web3 dinner hoping it'd resolve itself.. (it didn't) pic.twitter.com/XW7yZPX8Mi
— iJustine (@ijustine) April 7, 2022
6) We rolled up to the ER telling them I have a blood clot in my arm, they think I’m crazy because “young and healthy” until they saw IT 💪🏻 They quickly got me a bed and ordered an ultra sound. pic.twitter.com/DX7zfenDvE
— iJustine (@ijustine) April 7, 2022
8) Many hours later, I’m in a 🚑 to big hospital. They start blood thinner medication. By 10pm they finally say I can eat something because my procedure won’t be until the morning. My wonderful sister @jennaezarik got me everything from the cafeteria menu! pic.twitter.com/WDUNVCGHRU
— iJustine (@ijustine) April 7, 2022
10) Sat: Had no idea what procedure they were doing because no doctor would come up to talk to me. They wheeled me down to the OR. I’m in a mild panic because I know nothing about this procedure, the drugs they’ll be giving me or what recovery will be like.. pic.twitter.com/P7hMtJmn2j
— iJustine (@ijustine) April 7, 2022
12) Procedure happens, they run a catheter into the vein to the clot injecting tPA to dissolve it. I was so loopy coming out of anesetsia and I kept asking everyone if they have any NFTs. I do recall someone saying they have a @BoredApeYC but I think he was lying.. pic.twitter.com/QnIxAWq8Kz
— iJustine (@ijustine) April 7, 2022
14) That night was terrible bc they had to do a potassium IV which caused my arm to cramp and burn with the worst pain I felt the entire time being there. I just counted down the hours until it was over.. pic.twitter.com/ifMcoPtwlH
— iJustine (@ijustine) April 7, 2022
16) Most of Sunday was staring at the clock waiting for 8am the next morning. I had surprise visitors @rosannapansino and @husky! I wasn’t really in any mood to see people but Ro brought a special Hawaiian surprise for me since I had cancel my trip to Hawaii this wknd with her 😭 pic.twitter.com/53Gca5NZR1
— iJustine (@ijustine) April 7, 2022
18) Since I did end up having a PE, they kept me until Tuesday afternoon for monitoring. They were still letting me go home even with the clot in my lung. They said the treatment would be the same and the extensive amount of blood thinners I've been on should clear it up 🩸✅ pic.twitter.com/m0S93zGiw7
— iJustine (@ijustine) April 7, 2022
20) A huge thanks to my incredible medical team that made this experience much less scary and saved my life.
Special thanks to @jennaezarik for taking care of me for 5 days and to everyone who knew what was happening that checked it 💕
Now, let's hope I can keep my rib.. pic.twitter.com/DeXa8S5drF
— iJustine (@ijustine) April 7, 2022
I never want to get a blood clot or have to do a 20 tweet thread ever again. omg
— iJustine (@ijustine) April 7, 2022
Overwhelmed with all your well wishes 😭 Thank you guys so much! My little broken clot heart 💔 is feeling much better ❤️🩹
— iJustine (@ijustine) April 8, 2022
