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