Time Flies

Wow, time flies when you're having fun.

Here's the latest:
I went last Thursday (12/4/08) for a hemoglobin (finger prick) check and lab work. My hemoglobin was 8.6 so she tested again and it was 8.9. Those are not good numbers. A 'typical' person is in the range of 11.5-15. When hemoglobin gets low it makes ya feel tired and run down. So I had to get a Procrit shot to help my body boost up the hemoglobin. Hopefully that will help. I go back 2 weeks from then to get it tested again most likely another shot. Fortunately they don't really hurt.

Second part, got my labs yesterday. They are not very good either. My kidney function is continuing to get worse. The last Creatine test (11/7/08) was @ 4.2 this time it was 4.9, that translates to about 10% function. SO, after talking to my doc today she's trying to speed things up at CMC. Chris has also called them to see what is going on. Doc is still shooting straight for transplant and skipping dialysis. Obviously, if I continue to get worse and the transplant is not in the near future we'll do dialysis.

I can tell you I would have never thought we'd be in this position this time last year. When we met with Dr Fox (previous kidney doc) in January for a second opinion, he told us I'd probably need a transplant or something within a year if things continued the way they had been going. I believed every bit of it but boy does a year sneak up on ya. I can't believe that I could seriously be looking at needing a transplant or dialysis in the near future. I think at this point we're talking about needing it in months, not years.

So I guess my Christmas wish if I can't get better is to find a match and an easy recovery!

Thanks again for all you!