August 11
We had some very good news today. Steve is going to return to his doctors in St. Joe. Tomorrow will be the 3 month mark since transplant. He will see Dr. Brown once a month for 6 months then every 3 months and of course once ever year to the Doctors at KU. We say doctor Yarlagoda at KU today she was the doctor that was there the night he had the transplant. She is so very nice. She told us today that his creatinine was 1.97. Hard to believe. We didn't think it would go below 2.0. They said it could still improve months after a transplant.
He is on 2 immune suppressant meds, 2 blood pressure meds (very low dose) and he will finish his antibiotic tomorrow. He is really not on much compared to some patients. He will do blood work every 2 weeks which he does in Maryville and they send to KU and St. Joe.
When looking back from when this started to now the road was long and uphill and I have to admit there were times when we didn't think this would happen. It has been so good. I thank God every day for the person who's kidney Steve received. It is fricken amazing that an organ transplant is even possible. People should really consider being organ donors.
This whole situation has made us look and see things differently. I know now that if needed we could do it all over again especially when the out come has been this good. You know when they say things always change never stay the same. That is true, even when times seem so bad they can change for the better. A lot of praying helps! There have been so many changes since December 2008 for our family. When I look back even though the times were tough we had some wonderful times also.
Christy
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
June 29th
I know it has been a while since I have put anything on here. I had a good amount typed one morning this week and lost it all before I could post it. I think it had something to do with the storm we had.
Steve went to KU today for another appointment. They are happy with his blood work, it is staying stable. He has a heart test coming up. After transplant once a year a heart test needs to be done. Shortly he will be on 2 week appointments and they even talked today about when they would turn him back over to his doctors in St. Joe. They didn't give a date but a least they are talking about it. It will be nice before the weather gets cold and snowy just to go to St. Joe.
We seem to get over one hurdle and another comes up. We are working on anit-rejection meds cost and the insurance company. Holy cow how can something so wonderful such as getting a kidney be such a miracle and the meds cost so much money. Insurance and drug companies have all the power.
Christy
I know it has been a while since I have put anything on here. I had a good amount typed one morning this week and lost it all before I could post it. I think it had something to do with the storm we had.
Steve went to KU today for another appointment. They are happy with his blood work, it is staying stable. He has a heart test coming up. After transplant once a year a heart test needs to be done. Shortly he will be on 2 week appointments and they even talked today about when they would turn him back over to his doctors in St. Joe. They didn't give a date but a least they are talking about it. It will be nice before the weather gets cold and snowy just to go to St. Joe.
We seem to get over one hurdle and another comes up. We are working on anit-rejection meds cost and the insurance company. Holy cow how can something so wonderful such as getting a kidney be such a miracle and the meds cost so much money. Insurance and drug companies have all the power.
Christy
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Wednesday June 8
Steve's appointment at KU went well this week. He was able to get rid of one more of the medications. His blood pressure is doing good and will be cutting back or stopping the blood pressure meds soon. His creatinine is 2.4 and they are hoping it will get below 2.0. He is feeling pretty well, still gets worn out easy. He has driven a few times but doesn't like the gravel roads too bumpy.
His day consist of walking out to the shed tinkering around and walking back to the house. He has driven the ranger around the farm some and seems to get a long with that ok. At least he has his driving privileges.
Will let you know how next week appointment goes. He will be getting the steins out this month, will see how that goes. They say he won't feel bad at all after doing this.
Christy
Steve's appointment at KU went well this week. He was able to get rid of one more of the medications. His blood pressure is doing good and will be cutting back or stopping the blood pressure meds soon. His creatinine is 2.4 and they are hoping it will get below 2.0. He is feeling pretty well, still gets worn out easy. He has driven a few times but doesn't like the gravel roads too bumpy.
His day consist of walking out to the shed tinkering around and walking back to the house. He has driven the ranger around the farm some and seems to get a long with that ok. At least he has his driving privileges.
Will let you know how next week appointment goes. He will be getting the steins out this month, will see how that goes. They say he won't feel bad at all after doing this.
Christy
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
June 1st 9:30pm
Steve had his first follow up appointment at KU yesterday. It went pretty good. He was able to cut down one of the anti-rejection meds and stop one of the other medications all together. He still has some fluid on and he is still taking lasix to get rid of it. They told him to take his pill then make sure his feet are proped up high. I think this is helping.
He didn't feel as good today as he has but I think he is going to have these days. He is still having trouble sleeping. Goes to bed and sleeps a couple hours then is up and down the rest of the night then is ready to sleep about 6:00am kinda of like a baby with colic. His diet has changed some. The opposite of what it use to be. They are wanting him to increase dairy with every meal. So bring on the ice cream.
His next appointment is next week. We will see how his numbers look then.
Christy
Steve had his first follow up appointment at KU yesterday. It went pretty good. He was able to cut down one of the anti-rejection meds and stop one of the other medications all together. He still has some fluid on and he is still taking lasix to get rid of it. They told him to take his pill then make sure his feet are proped up high. I think this is helping.
He didn't feel as good today as he has but I think he is going to have these days. He is still having trouble sleeping. Goes to bed and sleeps a couple hours then is up and down the rest of the night then is ready to sleep about 6:00am kinda of like a baby with colic. His diet has changed some. The opposite of what it use to be. They are wanting him to increase dairy with every meal. So bring on the ice cream.
His next appointment is next week. We will see how his numbers look then.
Christy
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Sunday 8:30pm
You may have heard by now Steve got out of the hospital yesterday. We had Blair's graduation party and Steve's bringing a new kidney home party. Thanks to all who help get ready for the party we couldn't have had it without all of you. All went well. Our bed felt so good. After 16 days uncomfortable sleeping, being woke up in the night to have vitals taken and noise it is so good to be home.
We will be going back on Tuesday for lab work to see where his levels are. This is going to be a weekly thing for a while. He has to be very careful for the first 3 months, using germ x and staying away from anyone who is sick.
It is so good to be home. Thank you everyone for all the work, cookies, cards, gifts, support and prayers and help with dialysis while going through all of this. We couldn't ask for better family and friends.
Love Steve, Christy and girls.
You may have heard by now Steve got out of the hospital yesterday. We had Blair's graduation party and Steve's bringing a new kidney home party. Thanks to all who help get ready for the party we couldn't have had it without all of you. All went well. Our bed felt so good. After 16 days uncomfortable sleeping, being woke up in the night to have vitals taken and noise it is so good to be home.
We will be going back on Tuesday for lab work to see where his levels are. This is going to be a weekly thing for a while. He has to be very careful for the first 3 months, using germ x and staying away from anyone who is sick.
It is so good to be home. Thank you everyone for all the work, cookies, cards, gifts, support and prayers and help with dialysis while going through all of this. We couldn't ask for better family and friends.
Love Steve, Christy and girls.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Friday 2:30pm
Not going home today. His prograft level in the blood today went from 2 to 6 which is good it is coming up. They want it up to 9 before they let him leave so they are adding another pill. She promised she will have him out to be home in time for the party at 5:00pm. Since the holiday on Monday she needs to have him stay and have labs done in the morning and then we will need to be back down Tuesday morning.
He can argue all he wants but he seems to be ok with that. Hey, they got him a kidney. He will be home to party but here are the rules. Doctors says everyone use germ X if anyone is not feeling well runny nose, cough, etc... stay on the other side of the room. Be very careful shaking hands and hugging. I am scared to take him anywhere, need to put him in a bubble for about 3 months. Party on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Christy
Not going home today. His prograft level in the blood today went from 2 to 6 which is good it is coming up. They want it up to 9 before they let him leave so they are adding another pill. She promised she will have him out to be home in time for the party at 5:00pm. Since the holiday on Monday she needs to have him stay and have labs done in the morning and then we will need to be back down Tuesday morning.
He can argue all he wants but he seems to be ok with that. Hey, they got him a kidney. He will be home to party but here are the rules. Doctors says everyone use germ X if anyone is not feeling well runny nose, cough, etc... stay on the other side of the room. Be very careful shaking hands and hugging. I am scared to take him anywhere, need to put him in a bubble for about 3 months. Party on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Christy
Thursday, May 26, 2011
May 26 4:00pm
I am back in KC today with Steve. Now he is playing the numbers game. His CB3 which is how stirred up the immune system is was at 8 today. It has to be below 10 and yesterday it was at 6. When you put a foreign organ in the body your immune system gets all crazy because it knows it is not yours and tries to reject it. This is why he has been receiving pretty much everyday a bag of Thymo goblin through his IV anti-rejection medicine. Yesterday they started him on the pill form of prograft anti-rejection meds. He has to have this in his blood and the level on this has to be between 10 and 12. Today it was only at 2 so they increased the morning dose to 3 pills verses 1. The CB3 needs to be below 10 and the level of anti-rejection needs to be between 10-12.
We went over the meds he will be coming home on and it is not 20 like we were first told. Looks like 12. 3 anti-rejection meds, 1 antibiotic, 1 medicine to kill fungus, 1 steroid, 1 to prevent infections, 2 blood pressure meds, 1 to make your tummy feel better because of all the above that you are taking etc... I knew a pharmacy degree would come in handy.
They started giving him lasisks again today he has had it twice and it works immediately. His ankles are still pretty fat. I am wondering if they will make him stay to get more fluid off before he goes home? He has to pee about every 15 minutes. He has lost approximately 9 lbs of fluid this process is pretty slow. His kidney is working at about 18% and I know that doesn't seem like much but eventually they say it will get about 60%. You and I don't even have a 100% of our kidneys working, this is what the docs say. They want what they want, first it was urine they wanted and that is what they got now it is quality urine they want which means the clearance or the creatinine level which today was 3.5. The nurse said she thinks it will get to 1.0 again.
He seems to be in pretty good humor. We will see what happens tomorrow when he gets the work go or stay. The nurse told him today he has not been here the longest. Your still in the same month. Other patients have been here 1 month or longer. One person had a transplant after 17 years of dialysis and was her for several weeks, 5 I think.
We have written our letter to the donors family thanking them for the gift of life. We have decide to keep this private but will let you know if they respond. So bittersweet! Please pray for the donors family.
I am back in KC today with Steve. Now he is playing the numbers game. His CB3 which is how stirred up the immune system is was at 8 today. It has to be below 10 and yesterday it was at 6. When you put a foreign organ in the body your immune system gets all crazy because it knows it is not yours and tries to reject it. This is why he has been receiving pretty much everyday a bag of Thymo goblin through his IV anti-rejection medicine. Yesterday they started him on the pill form of prograft anti-rejection meds. He has to have this in his blood and the level on this has to be between 10 and 12. Today it was only at 2 so they increased the morning dose to 3 pills verses 1. The CB3 needs to be below 10 and the level of anti-rejection needs to be between 10-12.
We went over the meds he will be coming home on and it is not 20 like we were first told. Looks like 12. 3 anti-rejection meds, 1 antibiotic, 1 medicine to kill fungus, 1 steroid, 1 to prevent infections, 2 blood pressure meds, 1 to make your tummy feel better because of all the above that you are taking etc... I knew a pharmacy degree would come in handy.
They started giving him lasisks again today he has had it twice and it works immediately. His ankles are still pretty fat. I am wondering if they will make him stay to get more fluid off before he goes home? He has to pee about every 15 minutes. He has lost approximately 9 lbs of fluid this process is pretty slow. His kidney is working at about 18% and I know that doesn't seem like much but eventually they say it will get about 60%. You and I don't even have a 100% of our kidneys working, this is what the docs say. They want what they want, first it was urine they wanted and that is what they got now it is quality urine they want which means the clearance or the creatinine level which today was 3.5. The nurse said she thinks it will get to 1.0 again.
He seems to be in pretty good humor. We will see what happens tomorrow when he gets the work go or stay. The nurse told him today he has not been here the longest. Your still in the same month. Other patients have been here 1 month or longer. One person had a transplant after 17 years of dialysis and was her for several weeks, 5 I think.
We have written our letter to the donors family thanking them for the gift of life. We have decide to keep this private but will let you know if they respond. So bittersweet! Please pray for the donors family.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Wednesday 10:00pm
As you no nothing was posted yesterday as I was on the road coming home for a banquet with Blair. I told Steve he needs to learn to post so when I am not able to he can. You know what he said. As I always say there is a good woman behind every man. Right ladies?
His creatinine and white count have gotten low enough that he was able to start on pill form of anit-rejection today. He went over his medications that he will be coming home on and will take for the next month. Wow! I we might have to get a pharmacy degree. He is really working on them hard to let him out by the weekend. He still has a lot of fluid on his ankles but they assure him it will take time and not to worry about it. The fluid will come off as his kidney is still not working at a 100%. Give it time they say, hurry up and wait. He is tired of those phrases.
He had a little excitment today. KU hospital was in tornado warnings for a while today and they told him he needed to go sit in the hall way. He went back and forth from his room today watching the weather and looking out of his window. Emily talked with him once today and he said they had to tell him more than once to get away from the window and shut the blinds. He has the binoculars there with him and can see quite far, as far as Royals Stadium/Arrowhead so I am sure he was weather watching when he got in trouble. I can't leave him for 1 day!
We would like to thank everyone for all the cookies, this was better than flowers any day. It has felt good to me just to sleep in my own bed. I can't wait for Steve to be able to do this. Tomorrow night will be 14 days he has been there and you can image how bad he is wanting to come home. I was home catching up on some things and had to rsvp a wedding we are planning on attending this summer. When they asked how many guest in your family I wanted to say 5, Blair, Blair's boyfriend Christy, Steve and Steve's new kidney. It is kind of like having new first. First time coming home with his kidney, first car ride, first shower (transplant patients are not allowed to shower while in the hospital), first party, etc.... It is a little scary too when you think about the things he will be doing.
We are so very greatful for this miracle, just can't believe it is finally happened.
Prayers to all Steve and Christy
We would like to thank everyone who sent chocolate chip cookies. We are still trying to judge the best cookie. This beats flowers any day.
As you no nothing was posted yesterday as I was on the road coming home for a banquet with Blair. I told Steve he needs to learn to post so when I am not able to he can. You know what he said. As I always say there is a good woman behind every man. Right ladies?
His creatinine and white count have gotten low enough that he was able to start on pill form of anit-rejection today. He went over his medications that he will be coming home on and will take for the next month. Wow! I we might have to get a pharmacy degree. He is really working on them hard to let him out by the weekend. He still has a lot of fluid on his ankles but they assure him it will take time and not to worry about it. The fluid will come off as his kidney is still not working at a 100%. Give it time they say, hurry up and wait. He is tired of those phrases.
He had a little excitment today. KU hospital was in tornado warnings for a while today and they told him he needed to go sit in the hall way. He went back and forth from his room today watching the weather and looking out of his window. Emily talked with him once today and he said they had to tell him more than once to get away from the window and shut the blinds. He has the binoculars there with him and can see quite far, as far as Royals Stadium/Arrowhead so I am sure he was weather watching when he got in trouble. I can't leave him for 1 day!
We would like to thank everyone for all the cookies, this was better than flowers any day. It has felt good to me just to sleep in my own bed. I can't wait for Steve to be able to do this. Tomorrow night will be 14 days he has been there and you can image how bad he is wanting to come home. I was home catching up on some things and had to rsvp a wedding we are planning on attending this summer. When they asked how many guest in your family I wanted to say 5, Blair, Blair's boyfriend Christy, Steve and Steve's new kidney. It is kind of like having new first. First time coming home with his kidney, first car ride, first shower (transplant patients are not allowed to shower while in the hospital), first party, etc.... It is a little scary too when you think about the things he will be doing.
We are so very greatful for this miracle, just can't believe it is finally happened.
Prayers to all Steve and Christy
We would like to thank everyone who sent chocolate chip cookies. We are still trying to judge the best cookie. This beats flowers any day.
Monday, May 23, 2011
Monday 10:00a.m
Doctor just left. They are talking about to start taking some of the staples out today but not all. His creatinine was 7 today. Getting more lasisks again today to get rid of more fluid. His white count is getting down to close where they want it to be to switch over to pill form of anti-rejection medicine. The white count has to be below 10,000 before he can do pill form. Doctor is starting to talk about when he is going home maybe Thursday or Friday.
Helicopter has been coming and going in the last 24hrs. They are bring people from Joplin to all Kansas City Hospitals.
Still kind of planning on having Blair's graduation party and Steve's kidney party on Saturday. Hope you can stop by.
Christy
Doctor just left. They are talking about to start taking some of the staples out today but not all. His creatinine was 7 today. Getting more lasisks again today to get rid of more fluid. His white count is getting down to close where they want it to be to switch over to pill form of anti-rejection medicine. The white count has to be below 10,000 before he can do pill form. Doctor is starting to talk about when he is going home maybe Thursday or Friday.
Helicopter has been coming and going in the last 24hrs. They are bring people from Joplin to all Kansas City Hospitals.
Still kind of planning on having Blair's graduation party and Steve's kidney party on Saturday. Hope you can stop by.
Christy
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Sunday 11:00am
Doctor was just in, creatinine was down to 9 today. His ankles are still swollen so they are backing him off of his fluid intake today and going to give some lasicks today to help get rid of some of the extra fluid. Kidney put out 2 liters yesterday which is very good but he had about a lot of extra in him. It didn't seem possible but he had around 30 pounds of fluid on him. He can handle more fluid since he is a bigger person but now it needs to gradually decrease. He is having trouble sleeping at night which they think it is due to the anti-rejection medicine so today they are going to give it during the day so hopefully with peeing all day and meds during day rather than at night he will be able to sleep better at night.
He may get his staples out Tuesday. She didn't give a definite day but sounds like the end of the week if things progress as they have been. I don't no if I will last that long. It's like having a tiger in a cage. LOL!
Christy
Doctor was just in, creatinine was down to 9 today. His ankles are still swollen so they are backing him off of his fluid intake today and going to give some lasicks today to help get rid of some of the extra fluid. Kidney put out 2 liters yesterday which is very good but he had about a lot of extra in him. It didn't seem possible but he had around 30 pounds of fluid on him. He can handle more fluid since he is a bigger person but now it needs to gradually decrease. He is having trouble sleeping at night which they think it is due to the anti-rejection medicine so today they are going to give it during the day so hopefully with peeing all day and meds during day rather than at night he will be able to sleep better at night.
He may get his staples out Tuesday. She didn't give a definite day but sounds like the end of the week if things progress as they have been. I don't no if I will last that long. It's like having a tiger in a cage. LOL!
Christy
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Saturday 7:45pm
Nothing much to tell so I did not post anything yesterday. He is still progressing and the kidney is picking up nicely. He was able to get the catheter out today. His goal according to the nurse was that he had to pee 1 time in 4 hours. He did 2 or 3 times. Pee never looked so good. His creatinine has come down to 12, it was all the way up to 18 at one time. Doctor said when it starts coming down it will probably drop fast. It has to be at 2 before he can go home. Right now the worst is the anti-rejection med and he will be glad to get that done. When he comes home it will all be pill form not through an IV. Doctor hasn't even said but we are hoping he gets out middle of next week but nothing has even been said.
If he gets out next week we are planning on having Blair's graduation party and a pee party on Saturday afternoon/evening.
Thanks to everyone who sent cards, cookies, prayers, etc...
Love Steve and Christy
Nothing much to tell so I did not post anything yesterday. He is still progressing and the kidney is picking up nicely. He was able to get the catheter out today. His goal according to the nurse was that he had to pee 1 time in 4 hours. He did 2 or 3 times. Pee never looked so good. His creatinine has come down to 12, it was all the way up to 18 at one time. Doctor said when it starts coming down it will probably drop fast. It has to be at 2 before he can go home. Right now the worst is the anti-rejection med and he will be glad to get that done. When he comes home it will all be pill form not through an IV. Doctor hasn't even said but we are hoping he gets out middle of next week but nothing has even been said.
If he gets out next week we are planning on having Blair's graduation party and a pee party on Saturday afternoon/evening.
Thanks to everyone who sent cards, cookies, prayers, etc...
Love Steve and Christy
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Thursday 4:00pm
No dialysis today. Creatinine stayed the same at 15. 1025cc of urine as of midnight last night which is good. He is getting another bag of anti-rejection right now which will last until 11:30pm. Didn't see the doctor until 12:00 noon today. She told him to start walking around more.
He says to tell all of you who were thinking of donating a kidney he is not out of the woods yet. He is starting to get a little more humor. He doesn't have a black eye either. I know some of you were concerned about his attitude and that I might cause him harm.
Doctor is not giving any definite time frame but with any luck maybe, just maybe if things run smooth he might be out of the hospital by next weekend. Wasn't much news to tell today which is good for a change.
Christy
No dialysis today. Creatinine stayed the same at 15. 1025cc of urine as of midnight last night which is good. He is getting another bag of anti-rejection right now which will last until 11:30pm. Didn't see the doctor until 12:00 noon today. She told him to start walking around more.
He says to tell all of you who were thinking of donating a kidney he is not out of the woods yet. He is starting to get a little more humor. He doesn't have a black eye either. I know some of you were concerned about his attitude and that I might cause him harm.
Doctor is not giving any definite time frame but with any luck maybe, just maybe if things run smooth he might be out of the hospital by next weekend. Wasn't much news to tell today which is good for a change.
Christy
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
2:30pm Wednesday
We are riding the roller coaster as I call it again and we are ridding up hill. Steve expected everything to turn around immediately. It is going to take time. He didn't put out as much urine yesterday as he did the day before and he really got upset. His creatinine was 18 and has come down to 15 and potassium was 6 and came down to 4.5. Mostly due to dialysis yesterday. They did a couple hours of slow dialysis which he didn't like because he thought he was done with that. He will probably have to do it again tomorrow.
The doctor came in this morning and talked to us for quite a while and she could tell he was upset and told him not to give up, she has not given up yet it is just going to take time. She called his kidney and injured kidney meaning that it was out of the body packed on ice and traveled for a long of hours before it was put in Steve. It is in shock and when this happens it takes it long to wake up. She said you see more of this type of situations in the coastal areas because people who live on the coast have to wait longer for organs. She said its not that they don't ever see his situation they do but not as often. It is still making urine and that is a good sign. She said this could take 10 to 15 days to work its self out.
Right now he is receiving another bag of the anti-rejection meds. Which sucks because it makes him itch terrible and also makes the blood pressure go up. His pressure is up a little anyway because of the extra fluid he has, but they don't want to take much fluid off right now so when the kidney does decide to work it knows it's job.
I hope this makes sense. It seems like we get a lot of information and trying to relay and sort it
out sometimes is confusing. So if this sounds confusing it probably is. A nurse told us a lady that received a kidney in same situation that Steve is in and she finally named her kidney and then it took right off. Any suggestions for a name?
Christy
We are riding the roller coaster as I call it again and we are ridding up hill. Steve expected everything to turn around immediately. It is going to take time. He didn't put out as much urine yesterday as he did the day before and he really got upset. His creatinine was 18 and has come down to 15 and potassium was 6 and came down to 4.5. Mostly due to dialysis yesterday. They did a couple hours of slow dialysis which he didn't like because he thought he was done with that. He will probably have to do it again tomorrow.
The doctor came in this morning and talked to us for quite a while and she could tell he was upset and told him not to give up, she has not given up yet it is just going to take time. She called his kidney and injured kidney meaning that it was out of the body packed on ice and traveled for a long of hours before it was put in Steve. It is in shock and when this happens it takes it long to wake up. She said you see more of this type of situations in the coastal areas because people who live on the coast have to wait longer for organs. She said its not that they don't ever see his situation they do but not as often. It is still making urine and that is a good sign. She said this could take 10 to 15 days to work its self out.
Right now he is receiving another bag of the anti-rejection meds. Which sucks because it makes him itch terrible and also makes the blood pressure go up. His pressure is up a little anyway because of the extra fluid he has, but they don't want to take much fluid off right now so when the kidney does decide to work it knows it's job.
I hope this makes sense. It seems like we get a lot of information and trying to relay and sort it
out sometimes is confusing. So if this sounds confusing it probably is. A nurse told us a lady that received a kidney in same situation that Steve is in and she finally named her kidney and then it took right off. Any suggestions for a name?
Christy
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
After talking with the transplant coordinator today we confirmed what really happened with the call for Steve to receive a kidney. I had talked with our transplant coordinator last Wednesday afternoon about 2:30pm. The reason I had called was to make sure that Steve's last lab work had been faxed and received by them to show he was clear of the staph infection. She said she wanted to look over those test results before she reactivated him. At 6:30pm that same evening the on call coordinator called and I answered the phone. She told me that they had a kidney for Steve but she needed to talk with him. I am thinking did I hear her correctly. I told her he was outside and I would have to get him. She told me to take my time. I went out to the shed where Steve was working with my cell phone and said "it is KU, they want to talk to you" didn't tell him what they told me because I wanted to make sure I heard them correctly. She talked to Steve for about 15 minutes and said they would stay in contact with us through the night. We received another call around 9pm that we wouldn't need to come down until the next day. We waiting around the rest of the night (ever tried to sleep the night before a transplant) until we received another call at 9am on Thursday and they wanted us to go ahead and do our dialysis. We finished dialysis around 1pm and headed to Kansas City checking in by 4pm. We went to admissions to let them know that we were there and they said someone would be around in about 10 minutes to get us. There were 2 elderly couples sitting in admissions and had been there the biggest part of the day(4 to 5 hours) waiting for a room (felt bad for them). Patients had to be released before a room became available for them. Need less to say they were very unhappy people. One of the women looked at us and said "you have only been her 10 minutes and they are coming to get you and I have been waiting all day." Steve puffs up and looks at the woman and says, "I have been waiting 2 years,I am not trading with anybody," the woman never said another word. We were taken to our room and Steve was taken done to be prepped for surgery at 9pm and I left him at 10:15pm when they were taking him to the OR and the surgeon came out at 12:30a.m. to tell me he was done, everything went well, kidney pinked up right away when artery and vein was hooked up. He was in recovery for about 2 1/2 hours and then sent directly to his room.
I learned yesterday when talking to a gentleman in Radiology that he has worked hear at KU for 40 years. He was hear when the first transplant was done in 1969. Back then the patient was in the hospital for 1 month in isolation and now almost done as an out patient procedure, well not quite. The woman that received the first transplant has had her 40th anniversary. She has had her kidney for 40 years. Amazing! I hope Steve has his for 40 years! This is truly amazing and miraculous how this works and of course a lot of help from upstairs. We are so very fortunate and thankful.
Love the Schmitz's
I learned yesterday when talking to a gentleman in Radiology that he has worked hear at KU for 40 years. He was hear when the first transplant was done in 1969. Back then the patient was in the hospital for 1 month in isolation and now almost done as an out patient procedure, well not quite. The woman that received the first transplant has had her 40th anniversary. She has had her kidney for 40 years. Amazing! I hope Steve has his for 40 years! This is truly amazing and miraculous how this works and of course a lot of help from upstairs. We are so very fortunate and thankful.
Love the Schmitz's
7:00pm just got back from dialysis they removed 1 liter of fluid. His weight when he came in was approx. 240 and they are saying that he weighs 270 but we don't think so because physically you don't see much swelling. They did a slow treatment of dialysis to get his creatinine and potassium down. We will see how his numbers are in the morning. Kidney is working good still producing a little more each day. His blood pressure is slightly evaluated but they are not to worried because they say it is the excess fluid and the anti-rejection medicine through IV that he has to take everyday. Think seem to be improving each day.
Lots of Love Steve and Christy
Lots of Love Steve and Christy
10:30a.m Tuesday morning.
Steve's potassium is high and creatinine so the plan today is to do some dialysis. He does have on excess fluid due to the kidney is not yet working 100%. We will see what happens with this and go from there. Doing dialysis some say will help the kidney also. He has not had dialysis since last Thursday afternoon.
Steve's potassium is high and creatinine so the plan today is to do some dialysis. He does have on excess fluid due to the kidney is not yet working 100%. We will see what happens with this and go from there. Doing dialysis some say will help the kidney also. He has not had dialysis since last Thursday afternoon.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Monday night 9:45pm.
What a day. Didn't sleep but a couple hours last night because so worried that the transplant might be ending but after a long day and an ultra-sound and a radio-active dye test the results were wonderful. Kidney is getting good blood supply and now producing more urine.
It has been a wonderful miracle that is bitter sweet. Some one's tragedy is our miracle. God bless this person. I decided a long time ago to be an organ donor, more of us should really think about this and put it in writing and let your loved ones no your wishes. I didn't use to give organ donation a second thought, now after going through this I can't image not doing it for someone else.
I hope what I post from now on is boring. The roller coaster today was a scary one. Thank all of you for all the prayers, email, text, etc... I know this is what made this happen and turn out good.
Love to all!
Steve and Christy
What a day. Didn't sleep but a couple hours last night because so worried that the transplant might be ending but after a long day and an ultra-sound and a radio-active dye test the results were wonderful. Kidney is getting good blood supply and now producing more urine.
It has been a wonderful miracle that is bitter sweet. Some one's tragedy is our miracle. God bless this person. I decided a long time ago to be an organ donor, more of us should really think about this and put it in writing and let your loved ones no your wishes. I didn't use to give organ donation a second thought, now after going through this I can't image not doing it for someone else.
I hope what I post from now on is boring. The roller coaster today was a scary one. Thank all of you for all the prayers, email, text, etc... I know this is what made this happen and turn out good.
Love to all!
Steve and Christy
Dr. just came in and the blood flow was good to the kidney. She is saying it just a slow kidney. So it is going to take a little longer to get it producing the amount of urine they want. We are so glad that this is working out. Now we will be seeing a different doctor, they have to rotate. Will let you no more later if we get anymore news today but so far it is good news.
Christy
Christy
Did altra-sound and they could not get a good picture of artery and vein. So now they are doing a 3 hour dye test to see if the kidney is getting blood supply. It did make a little more urine than yesterday but should be making around a liter by now. So we are going to do this and see what happens. If no blood supply kidney will have to come out. The surgeon said when the kidney came in it had 2 veins, they tied one off and hook the other one up he thinks the pictures they took this morning is the one that is tied off. More to come.
Christy
Christy
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Steve is receiving another bag of anit-rejection med as a precaution, 2nd bag he has received. This is powerful stuff and it makes him feel kind of crappy. Hot, cold and a little bit light headed. We are praying tonight that he gets a good report in the morning. This kidney has to work. Steve address at the hospital is
The University of Kansas Hospital
3901 Rainbow Boulevard
Kansas City, KS 66160
The University of Kansas Hospital
3901 Rainbow Boulevard
Kansas City, KS 66160
PRAY HARDER!!!!
Today we were told that the kidney is making less urnie than it was yesterday. Tomorrow they are going to do an ultrasound of the kidney to make sure the artery that supllies the kidney isn't blocked and if it is that is the end of the road for this transplant. This is not what we want. If the artery isn't blocked they will do a biopsy of the kidney to see if he is rejecting it and if he is then they will keep giving him the anti-rejection medication in hopes to turn it around. If the artery isn't blocked and he isn't rejecting it then we are still just waiting on the kidney to wake up. We are all trying to stay positive and keep dads spirits up. Keep sending the prayers and good thoughts coming.
Love
Emily
Today we were told that the kidney is making less urnie than it was yesterday. Tomorrow they are going to do an ultrasound of the kidney to make sure the artery that supllies the kidney isn't blocked and if it is that is the end of the road for this transplant. This is not what we want. If the artery isn't blocked they will do a biopsy of the kidney to see if he is rejecting it and if he is then they will keep giving him the anti-rejection medication in hopes to turn it around. If the artery isn't blocked and he isn't rejecting it then we are still just waiting on the kidney to wake up. We are all trying to stay positive and keep dads spirits up. Keep sending the prayers and good thoughts coming.
Love
Emily
Friday, May 13, 2011
Our prayers were answered yesterday. Steve received a kidney. We got the news Wednesday night. It has been a long couple of days of waiting. We were at KU med center yesterday by 4pm to get admitted. The kidney didn't get here until 8:30pm last night. The OR was ready and waiting when the kidney arrived. Steve spent yesterday afternoon doing blood test, ekg and chest xrays.
It is bitter sweet that someone Else's tragedy is the answer to our prayers. God bless this person and there family. All we no for sure is that the kidney donor was in an accident with head trauma and the kidney came from South Carolina.
The surgery started around 10:30pm last night and the surgeon came out and talked with me at 12:30am. He was in recovery for 2 1/2 hours. Dr Nawabe said it went great fairly fast and the kidney pinked up right away which is a good sign. They did tell us that it may take a few days for it to work correctly. Before they consider it a working kidney it has to make 1 liter per day. Right now it is only making a few ounces. But they assure us it will wake up and start working.
His pain was more manageable this time than his 2 previous surgeries. He may have to do dialysis tomorrow or the next day to take off some fluid. They are still putting fluid in him through an IV because that is what the kidney likes. So he needs plenty of fluid in his body.
I have to tell a funny story that happen when we got here yesterday. We went to admission to let them no that he was here. The woman said they would be calling for him in a few minutes. There were 2 older couples sitting in admitting waiting to get a room. The one woman said to us you have only been her 10 minutes and we have been waiting all day. Steve speaks up and says to her "I have been waiting for 2 years" and the lady didn't say anymore.
Thank you and God Bless all of you that have prayed so hard for this to happen. It truly is a miracle how this works. When you receive the call it is so hard to believe and it has been so long. I will try to keep up each day with new information if there is new news.
Love Steve and Christy
It is bitter sweet that someone Else's tragedy is the answer to our prayers. God bless this person and there family. All we no for sure is that the kidney donor was in an accident with head trauma and the kidney came from South Carolina.
The surgery started around 10:30pm last night and the surgeon came out and talked with me at 12:30am. He was in recovery for 2 1/2 hours. Dr Nawabe said it went great fairly fast and the kidney pinked up right away which is a good sign. They did tell us that it may take a few days for it to work correctly. Before they consider it a working kidney it has to make 1 liter per day. Right now it is only making a few ounces. But they assure us it will wake up and start working.
His pain was more manageable this time than his 2 previous surgeries. He may have to do dialysis tomorrow or the next day to take off some fluid. They are still putting fluid in him through an IV because that is what the kidney likes. So he needs plenty of fluid in his body.
I have to tell a funny story that happen when we got here yesterday. We went to admission to let them no that he was here. The woman said they would be calling for him in a few minutes. There were 2 older couples sitting in admitting waiting to get a room. The one woman said to us you have only been her 10 minutes and we have been waiting all day. Steve speaks up and says to her "I have been waiting for 2 years" and the lady didn't say anymore.
Thank you and God Bless all of you that have prayed so hard for this to happen. It truly is a miracle how this works. When you receive the call it is so hard to believe and it has been so long. I will try to keep up each day with new information if there is new news.
Love Steve and Christy
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
God answered our prayers today. We received a call from KU about 6:30pm this evening and they want Steve to come down to KU they have a kidney. Don't know a lot of details to tell you but will I post something when I get a chance. Steve was actually the 2nd person they called. The first person had something go wrong and had to be passed up. Our thoughts and prayers are with this person whoever they may be. It is not 100% sure but will no by morning. The kidney is being flown in from another state. That is really all that we no.
Christy
Thank you for all the prayers it has truly made this happen.
Christy
Thank you for all the prayers it has truly made this happen.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Sorry I can not keep up with everything that is going on. Steve did get out of the hospital finally after spending 10 days there. He was not happy at all but the first few day he could have cared less he felt so bad. They were finally able to get negative cultures and sent him home with a pic line in his arm to administer antibiotics. After being home several days and home health coming and drawing blood he had to stop the antibiotic. His heart enzymes were way out of range. This is why he has not felt the best. The antibiotic was too much. As of Wednesday April 6th they have stopped it and took another blood test on Friday April 8. His heart enzymes were back down by half. They are waiting until Monday April 11 to draw blood again to see if they are back where they should be. If they are the will start antibiotics again but only every other day. The next step will be to get another blood culture. If it shows positive the first thing they will do is pull his pic line since that can be a very good source of infection. We are praying that they are still negative. He is not suppose to be doing anything. Doctor says the staph he has is very serious and his body has to heal. What does that mean doing nothing. Choring, working on the tractor, tagging baby calves. I don't think so. Here is another kink in things. When in the hospital and they were checking for staph the infectious disease doctor ran a specific test on him since he is around animals all the time. He showed slightly positive. It is called Q-fever. You get it from cow, sheep or goats. Doctor said he could have had it for ten years or may have just gotten it. He wants to wait until May and do another test to see if he shows more positive. If so he will have to take a different antibiotics for that. When will things go right. Christy
Friday, March 25, 2011
Early yesterday blood cultures came back which were 24 hours old and show negative to growing staph. Later in the afternoon the cultures that have been growing long came back positive for staph. So that means they don't start showing anything growing until later on like the 2nd or 3rd day which means the staph is hanging around.
Doctor still thinks he will get cultures that show negative, might just take time. He had an ultrasound on his fistula (dialysis access in his arm) just because they kind find a source of where the staph might be growing and this looked fine. He may have a ct scan of chest and abdomen just because they have not found a source where the staph is growing. If they don't find anything they will still treat with six weeks of antibiotics.
He has to stay in the hospital through the weekend because some of the cultures came back positive. He is not happy about that. All these test that he is having done is showing he is the picture of health except for the staph so when he gets a transplant they shouldn't need any test he has had everything done that a person can have.
Christy
Doctor still thinks he will get cultures that show negative, might just take time. He had an ultrasound on his fistula (dialysis access in his arm) just because they kind find a source of where the staph might be growing and this looked fine. He may have a ct scan of chest and abdomen just because they have not found a source where the staph is growing. If they don't find anything they will still treat with six weeks of antibiotics.
He has to stay in the hospital through the weekend because some of the cultures came back positive. He is not happy about that. All these test that he is having done is showing he is the picture of health except for the staph so when he gets a transplant they shouldn't need any test he has had everything done that a person can have.
Christy
Thursday, March 24, 2011
I typed a whole page yesterday and was about to save it and the Internet went down so the heck with it, will do it tomorrow. Its tomorrow, so here goes.
Steve has 2 types of staph, at least one kind is unfamiliar. They have him on his 3rd antibiotic. He had an allergic reaction to the second one. They are looking for one that show sensitivity which means it is working.
He had an MRI on his wrist and shoulder due to joint pain. Wrist show arthritis and the shoulder had some fluid which they drew a small sample of and are growing a culture to see if the staph is in the shoulder. That test is not back yet.
He has had an echo-cardiogram and an esophageal scope to look at his heart. If staph is growing on the heart or in the valves you can see it growing like vegetation. Both of those came back good.
More blood cultures should be back today to see if the staph is still growing. He does feel a lot better but doesn't know why he has to stay in the hospital. He now has Dr. Brown who we have always had she is the nephrologist, Dr. Hawkinson infectious disease doctor, Dr. McGraw (Tim's brother) Cardiologist, and Dr. Smith bone doctor.
Will post more when test come back.
Christy
Steve has 2 types of staph, at least one kind is unfamiliar. They have him on his 3rd antibiotic. He had an allergic reaction to the second one. They are looking for one that show sensitivity which means it is working.
He had an MRI on his wrist and shoulder due to joint pain. Wrist show arthritis and the shoulder had some fluid which they drew a small sample of and are growing a culture to see if the staph is in the shoulder. That test is not back yet.
He has had an echo-cardiogram and an esophageal scope to look at his heart. If staph is growing on the heart or in the valves you can see it growing like vegetation. Both of those came back good.
More blood cultures should be back today to see if the staph is still growing. He does feel a lot better but doesn't know why he has to stay in the hospital. He now has Dr. Brown who we have always had she is the nephrologist, Dr. Hawkinson infectious disease doctor, Dr. McGraw (Tim's brother) Cardiologist, and Dr. Smith bone doctor.
Will post more when test come back.
Christy
Monday, March 21, 2011
Test results from the MRI on Steve's should are back. It shows that he possibly has injured it but it is also showing fluid. The doctor is a little concerned and is going to have a bone doctor stick a needle in it and test some of the fluid. If the fluid shows staph infection he is going to be here in the hospital for a while. If it comes back negative he may be out of here by the end of the week. They are talking about changing the antibiotic after talking to the infectious disease doc but will wait for another set of blood cultures to come back. His hemoglobin has not come back up yet, first blood draw was 7.2, then 7.3 and now is 7.1. He is feeling better but wears out very easily. Tricking infection, can hid and seem to be getting better but doesn't according to blood work so they have to stay on top of it.
Hopefully will find out more tomorrow.
Christy
Hopefully will find out more tomorrow.
Christy
Sunday, March 20, 2011
I no you are shocked that I am posting again so soon, but more test and discussion on Steve's condition. He was admitted into the hospital yesterday morning. The test results from the blood cultures that they took Friday came back yesterday morning, Saturday and showed that Steve has a staff infection in the blood and it is not familiar to the doctor. Dr. Brown is going to talk with the infectious disease doctor tomorrow to make sure he is getting the right antibiotic.
So he is going to be in the hospital for a few days. He was very sick yesterday. Low grade fever, severe headache and entire body ache.
His shoulder has been hurting him bad enough that he doesn't want anyone touching it. We asked the doctor about it and she said that staff infection can settle in your joints. They did an MRI today to see if anything shows up. Probably get the results tomorrow. He has to do dialysis tomorrow again.
The doctor has said he has to be careful with everything thing he does a little scratch or cut could be bad for him. Most people get an infection in their access site for dialysis and Steve's is fine. The doc thinks his possibly came from some scratches on his ankle from an incident he had 3 weeks ago, they are not sure. He has got to be more careful. He was so sick he couldn't walk across the floor or go up and down the stairs.
I will try and post again when I no more about the test results.
So he is going to be in the hospital for a few days. He was very sick yesterday. Low grade fever, severe headache and entire body ache.
His shoulder has been hurting him bad enough that he doesn't want anyone touching it. We asked the doctor about it and she said that staff infection can settle in your joints. They did an MRI today to see if anything shows up. Probably get the results tomorrow. He has to do dialysis tomorrow again.
The doctor has said he has to be careful with everything thing he does a little scratch or cut could be bad for him. Most people get an infection in their access site for dialysis and Steve's is fine. The doc thinks his possibly came from some scratches on his ankle from an incident he had 3 weeks ago, they are not sure. He has got to be more careful. He was so sick he couldn't walk across the floor or go up and down the stairs.
I will try and post again when I no more about the test results.
Friday, March 18, 2011
March 18
Steve has been sick for 8 days. First thought it to be the flu. He hemoglobin dropped to 7.2 which is dangerously low. They like his to be high 10 or 11. His primary physician wanted to give him blood but the nephrologist said we should hold off and try to get it back up with the epogen injections. Transfusing him will mess things up if he were to get a transplant in the near future, antibodies, etc...
His instructions are to do absolutely nothing. He has felt so bad that he can't walk across the floor without getting tired. The doctors want him to eat and sleep, eat and sleep, nothing else at all. They have done other test to see if he is loosing blood somewhere but everything has checked out ok. Sometimes when you are without the kidneys this will happen, the hemoglobin drops and makes you feel ill.
I have taken his cell phone away because he lives by this piece of technology and won't put it down. So I have asked if you are checking on him to call me not his phone so he will sleep. He didn't put up a fight about this so I know how bad he is feeling. He goes back to have labs drawn on Wednesday to see if his hemoglobin is coming up hopefully it is or they will take drastic measures. The doctor scarred me when she said I don't want him walking stairs, bending over or exerting himself at all, he is so low on blood he could have a heart attack from not enough blood to pump. So he is complying with their demands.
We need some major praying to get over this hill and onto a transplant. He is really getting down about it. It will be 2 years in April he has been on the list and 18 months doing dialysis.
Christy
Steve has been sick for 8 days. First thought it to be the flu. He hemoglobin dropped to 7.2 which is dangerously low. They like his to be high 10 or 11. His primary physician wanted to give him blood but the nephrologist said we should hold off and try to get it back up with the epogen injections. Transfusing him will mess things up if he were to get a transplant in the near future, antibodies, etc...
His instructions are to do absolutely nothing. He has felt so bad that he can't walk across the floor without getting tired. The doctors want him to eat and sleep, eat and sleep, nothing else at all. They have done other test to see if he is loosing blood somewhere but everything has checked out ok. Sometimes when you are without the kidneys this will happen, the hemoglobin drops and makes you feel ill.
I have taken his cell phone away because he lives by this piece of technology and won't put it down. So I have asked if you are checking on him to call me not his phone so he will sleep. He didn't put up a fight about this so I know how bad he is feeling. He goes back to have labs drawn on Wednesday to see if his hemoglobin is coming up hopefully it is or they will take drastic measures. The doctor scarred me when she said I don't want him walking stairs, bending over or exerting himself at all, he is so low on blood he could have a heart attack from not enough blood to pump. So he is complying with their demands.
We need some major praying to get over this hill and onto a transplant. He is really getting down about it. It will be 2 years in April he has been on the list and 18 months doing dialysis.
Christy
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
January 26th
Just a quick note. We found out last week from the transplant coordinator that Steve has 6 hundred and some days already on the transplant list and she says most people are transplanted by high 7 hundreds. So I'm thinking another 100 days and he will be getting close. So it looks like he will be closer to 2 years when he gets the kidney.
We have changed insurance so that has been one headache after another. He has finally been approved by the new insurance for transplant. It is coming up on 2 years this spring so he will have to have some test ran again, heart, ct scans, lower gi, and whatever else they feel like poking and prodding. When we talk about this he sounds like a grizzly bear but after a couple of days he always says "I better go ahead and get that done, I don't want this to keep me from getting a kidney". Sometime this seems like it will never end.
Instead of a heart on valentines day maybe a kidney.
Love Christy
Just a quick note. We found out last week from the transplant coordinator that Steve has 6 hundred and some days already on the transplant list and she says most people are transplanted by high 7 hundreds. So I'm thinking another 100 days and he will be getting close. So it looks like he will be closer to 2 years when he gets the kidney.
We have changed insurance so that has been one headache after another. He has finally been approved by the new insurance for transplant. It is coming up on 2 years this spring so he will have to have some test ran again, heart, ct scans, lower gi, and whatever else they feel like poking and prodding. When we talk about this he sounds like a grizzly bear but after a couple of days he always says "I better go ahead and get that done, I don't want this to keep me from getting a kidney". Sometime this seems like it will never end.
Instead of a heart on valentines day maybe a kidney.
Love Christy
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
January 5, 2011
Can you believe we are in a new year again. Sorry I have not been better about updating the blog. Still not much to tell. We have not received any calls at all from KU. Very depressing!!
We have a lot going on in our lives that keep us busy so we try not to think getting a kidney all the time. Steve has kept himself busy with building a huge shed at our house. It has been a slow process due to the weather. Today the temperature was around 40 and they were able to get a lot done. We have very generous people helping build it.
Blair is in her last season of basketball as a Northeast Nodaway Bluejay. I try not to think about that ending, it is one of my favorite things to do, watch her play ball. She will be starting a new chapter in her life when she graduates this spring. Her plan is to go to nursing school. She has looked at different schools but right now she has been accepted at NWMSU and plans to start her first year there.
We had a good Christmas with the entire family. The grand kids were so excited and loved all their presents. They are so funny, it makes you wonder what are they really thinking.
Emily's baby is due in about 6 weeks. She is ready for he or she. It is going to be a surprise. They decided not to find out what it is. They want the event to be a surprise.
We still go monthly to the dialysis center for checkups. The doctors are all great. It is just a hurry up and wait game. Steve has been active and waiting 20 months on the transplant list. The doctors ask him why he is at his appointment, they say he is to healthy other than not having any kidneys. We keep getting all the signs that this is going to happen, Emily has had a couple of dreams that he is getting a kidney, I had a long time co-worker pass away in Massachusetts and she was an organ donor, the other day at my work I verified an order for a transplant facility in California. Just keep sending the signs.
Maybe he will either get a new grandchild or a kidney for his birthday or both. Let's hope.
Love Steve & Christy
Can you believe we are in a new year again. Sorry I have not been better about updating the blog. Still not much to tell. We have not received any calls at all from KU. Very depressing!!
We have a lot going on in our lives that keep us busy so we try not to think getting a kidney all the time. Steve has kept himself busy with building a huge shed at our house. It has been a slow process due to the weather. Today the temperature was around 40 and they were able to get a lot done. We have very generous people helping build it.
Blair is in her last season of basketball as a Northeast Nodaway Bluejay. I try not to think about that ending, it is one of my favorite things to do, watch her play ball. She will be starting a new chapter in her life when she graduates this spring. Her plan is to go to nursing school. She has looked at different schools but right now she has been accepted at NWMSU and plans to start her first year there.
We had a good Christmas with the entire family. The grand kids were so excited and loved all their presents. They are so funny, it makes you wonder what are they really thinking.
Emily's baby is due in about 6 weeks. She is ready for he or she. It is going to be a surprise. They decided not to find out what it is. They want the event to be a surprise.
We still go monthly to the dialysis center for checkups. The doctors are all great. It is just a hurry up and wait game. Steve has been active and waiting 20 months on the transplant list. The doctors ask him why he is at his appointment, they say he is to healthy other than not having any kidneys. We keep getting all the signs that this is going to happen, Emily has had a couple of dreams that he is getting a kidney, I had a long time co-worker pass away in Massachusetts and she was an organ donor, the other day at my work I verified an order for a transplant facility in California. Just keep sending the signs.
Maybe he will either get a new grandchild or a kidney for his birthday or both. Let's hope.
Love Steve & Christy
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