The Back of the Medic

Rory is feeling crappier and crappier, since his catheter isn’t working very well and it is infected. He felt so bad on Monday, that I took him to the ER. CBC, Lytes were OK, but his BUN was 46 post-dialysis (high, not good). Creatnine was also high (again, not good). They added Cipro oral (antibiotic) [...]

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Well, where should I start? Rory and I went to UCSF to see the urologist and also the transplant folk. The transplant appointment went better than we thought, although they still want an aortogram done (an angiogram of the aorta, iliac, and femoral arteries and veins). OK… makes sense to know that there are no [...]

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Easter Day came and went for us quietly. I ended up getting sick last week while all this was going on (stress?). Nasty virus that landed in my throat, taking my voice for a few days. I still made Easter dinner (ala Honeybaked Ham), cooking the rest of the stuff, and intermittently lying down to [...]

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Well, after they TPA’d his catheter, it seemed to work ok today. At least I didn’t get called to tell me Rory’s catheter is clotted again. I don’t know if they are TPA’ing it again after dialysis today or not. Update: Yep… they did TPA it afterward. Here’s hoping it works Monday.

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UCSF Transplant wants to see Rory before he goes over to Urology on Tuesday. We’ll see what they say, and I will let you all know.

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