**This post contains information about urine...if it grosses you out just know David is doing well.
Otherwise...keep on reading!
Overnight the nurse had to check and empty his urine bag. It has been SO FULL each time. He has made well over 20 liters of urine so far. THAT IS A LOT! They have backed down on giving him fluids and things are great!
Creatinine basically is the measure of how well the kidney is functioning. The lower the number the better. David started out at a 12 (extremely high...but normal for little to no kidney function). By 6 am it had dropped to 10.2....the latest labs have shown it has dropped again to 7.4!!!!! That is huge!! It tells us his kidney is working and function is good. The number should continue to drop over the next several days. By the time he leaves the hospital it should be below 2.
David looks FANTASTIC. He feels really good. Still very sleepy but he is actually sleeping. He has been sleeping in between the nurse checks. He said early this morning that he FEELS like he has more energy and the tired feeling he has is different than before. PRAISE GOD!!!
They are giving him some pretty potent immune suppressant drugs today and the first dose can have some pretty intense side effects, but so far we haven't seen any! The only hiccup so far is his phosphorus levels are still a little high (phosphorus is in the foods you eat) so they have him still taking his binder pills when he eats and his diet is a little restricted to low phosphorus foods. BUT he is allowed to have solid foods today!
Karen is also doing AMAZING! The surgeon told her that both of her kidney's were beautiful and he almost took a picture of the one they took from her because it was so wonderful and beautiful. The person that got her kidney will be blessed! She is feeling good, she is walking around. She has come to visit David a few times today. She may even be able to go home tomorrow or Saturday (her choice!).
I am tired. However, I was blessed with a shower today!!!!! (Everyone said AMEN!) I went over to David's mom's hotel (less than 2 min. from the hospital) and took a shower and it helped me feel refreshed. I haven't slept more than 8 hours total in the past 3-4 days but I get small cat naps here and there. It is not because people have not offered to help me or cover hospital duty for me so I could rest, it is just that I can't rest unless I am at the hospital with David. It is hard to explain but I NEED to be here and I don't mind little sleep because of it. I am just so blessed that I have been able to stay with him here at the hospital and I praise God for that blessing!
Overall, we are doing fantastic. I was reading to David this morning some of the hundreds of comments from Facebook yesterday. We are just blown away by the multitude of support we have had! I will someday thanks individuals but for now my sleepy brain just wants to thank all of you!!
I will probably continue to update the blog one big entry a day. If you call or text and i don't respond please don't take it personal, I just may have my phone off in order to focus on David.
We love you all, if you do plan on coming to visit please contact me, David's parents, or my parents just so we can plan for you. We do need to keep visitors to just two people at a time since David is immune suppressed. And as I said before if you are sick or have been around someone who has been sick please do not visit. Even a small cold to you could mean severe infection to David. Thank you!
Love you all and appreciate your support and PRAYERS!!!!
Alice
Some pictures from the past day or two.
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| Let's just say that it was late/really early and I was losing my mind waiting! Fun times happened in that waiting room! |
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