As you have probably heard by now Vickie and Linda were both rejected at KU. They had all there test sent over to St. Lukes and reviewed. At St. Lukes they said they could be possible donors. Steve would need to send his records over so they could go over his stuff.

After much thought he has decided for now to stay at KU and wait for a cadaver kidney and the reason for this is. We do not know the unknown and both of the girls having blood in their urine and find no reason why we think it might be risky. We dont need to put them at risk now or down the road by taking a kidney from them and really not knowing why the blood is there. Steve appreciates their generosity very much but he has decided to wait.

The transplant coordinator and Dr. Winklehoffer both talked to me on the phone this week. They tend to error on the side of caution with live donor transplants with the blood in the urine. They did tell us that their is approximately 16 people a head of Steve on the list. So hopefully it will happen sometime this summer.

We are doing pretty good with the home dialysis and his blood work is good also. He is now using 25 liters of dialasate with each treatment. This keeps moving up to make sure he is getting enough dialysis.

This is all for now. I hope the next time I blog I am letting you know we are at KU getting a kidney.

Christy