As many of you know, my brother underwent a kidney transplant about six
years ago. My brother-in-law is currently on a dialysis schedule, and is on
the transplant list himself. Well, on Tuesday night I learned that my
mother had gone into the hospital with a kidney complaint. Here are the
details:
Mom was supposed to have a hip replacement back in June. As they were
prepping her for surgery, they discovered a urinary tract infection and
kidney stones. She's had both before. They removed the stones, but the UTI
has stubbornly refused to go away for the last two months. She also takes
medication for high blood pressure and diabetes, which can stress the
kidneys, and since she's not had the hip done, she has been taking a lot of
NSAIDs for the pain. All of these "insults" to the kidneys caused them to
basically shut down, so she was in the hospital taking in fluids, but not
excreting any.
The nephrologist (kidney specialist) has seen her, and he wants to do a
procedure to flush the kidneys out. This will involve taking her off of all
meds (except for pain meds) and giving her an IV coctail designed to help
the kidney. He also wants her blood pressure to rise to somewhere around
140/100. The increased fluid volume and pressure will facilitate the
"flushing".
She is stable and doing well, but is groggy. If you are interested in
sending her a card, contact me at yoyology -AT- gmail -DOT- com for her room
number. You can also fill out a form at
http://home.coxhealth.com/…tcards.asp and the hospital will
print out a card and send it to her.
We will greatly appreciate your thoughts and prayers at this time. Thank
you.
years ago. My brother-in-law is currently on a dialysis schedule, and is on
the transplant list himself. Well, on Tuesday night I learned that my
mother had gone into the hospital with a kidney complaint. Here are the
details:
Mom was supposed to have a hip replacement back in June. As they were
prepping her for surgery, they discovered a urinary tract infection and
kidney stones. She's had both before. They removed the stones, but the UTI
has stubbornly refused to go away for the last two months. She also takes
medication for high blood pressure and diabetes, which can stress the
kidneys, and since she's not had the hip done, she has been taking a lot of
NSAIDs for the pain. All of these "insults" to the kidneys caused them to
basically shut down, so she was in the hospital taking in fluids, but not
excreting any.
The nephrologist (kidney specialist) has seen her, and he wants to do a
procedure to flush the kidneys out. This will involve taking her off of all
meds (except for pain meds) and giving her an IV coctail designed to help
the kidney. He also wants her blood pressure to rise to somewhere around
140/100. The increased fluid volume and pressure will facilitate the
"flushing".
She is stable and doing well, but is groggy. If you are interested in
sending her a card, contact me at yoyology -AT- gmail -DOT- com for her room
number. You can also fill out a form at
http://home.coxhealth.com/…tcards.asp and the hospital will
print out a card and send it to her.
We will greatly appreciate your thoughts and prayers at this time. Thank
you.
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