Wow... hoping all goes well! That being said, ask the doctor if "interventional Radiology" similar to what my daughter had. There was no vascular surgery... they put her on blood thinner drip for 24 hours, then went into the vein behind here knee, inserted a wire for focused ultra-sound energy and another blood thinner drip in the local area. Left her on that for 18 hours, then took her back into the radiology lab, installd a filter to catch anything trying to migrate to the heart and lungs, injected dye and bust up some of the remaining clot, did multiple angioplasty on her and installed a couple of stents. The procedure is relatively new and allows them to focus treatment. It has a much faster recovery rate. Worth a chat with the doctor. My daughter had the last procedure on Tuesday and was released on Thursday. Lots cheaper...
Oh, praying for you!