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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: Transplant Discussion => Topic started by: charee on October 18, 2008, 02:25:32 PM
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Well I will be having my transplant 28th October :bandance; :bandance;, its all happening so fast my older sister started getting tested 2 months ago and we had our last round of tests last week all good and they offered us the 28th as they had a cancellation and needed to fill that spot so we are running around madly trying to organize everything as we have live in Sydney for 3 months as we live 5 hours away from the transplant hospital. Its not all going to be smooth sailing as i had a positive reaction in the second crossmatch , so we are off to Sydney this Tuesday (1 week before the big day ) as i have to have 3 apheresis treatments to remove antibodies so its all getting very exciting but I'm starting to feel scared we are just so grateful to my sister its a really big thing on her part . I'm not sure if i will have internet for the first week or two but I'm sure Amanda will post any updates
cheers charee
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:yahoo; Whoooooo!! That's great charee!
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:yahoo; charee :bandance; I can't wait to hear all about it. You take care and make sure you get plenty of rest. :cuddle;
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Charee this is such great news! I will pray everyday for you. I'd send white light and karma but I don't know how to do that.
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Wonderful! Best of luck to you both!
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This is wonderful news! It is happening fast!! Very exciting. Tell your sister that we all think she is a hero. Sending lots of prayers and good wishes to both of you. :grouphug;
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All the best to you and your sister, Charee. We'll be pulling for you both and hoping that it all proceeds smoothly. :flower;
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Good Luck Charee! All those fears of surgery will go away once you are asleep :urcrazy; Hope your sister also pulls through well.
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Here's wishing you smooth sailing and boatloads of pee!
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As you know already im so excited for the date to come. I will be keeping everyone updated.
Love Amanda
xxoo
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Wonderful news. I am so pleased for you. Keep us updated.
xoxo
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such a great feeling to get that (date set)....hope both you and your sister do well and a speedy recovery
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We want proof! :rofl; Congratulations.
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Hurray and good luck! :grouphug;
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Thats great Charee, I pray all goes well :thumbup;
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WOW!! That's amazing!! You almost don't have time to get anxious or nervous or freak out!!!
All the very best for the transplant we all will be thinking of you!!! And yes, we want you to pee straight away!!!! lots of it too! You know the sort of picture we wanna see... See if you can outdo Tamara!!! :D
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Charee,
I will sure be praying for you and your sis! PLease hug your sis for me for making this possible! I LOVE DONORS!!!!
Lori/Indiana
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Congratulations! That's wonderful news! Your sister is a hero! :bestwishes;
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I hope all goes well - only 9 days to go! :clap;
Your sister ROCKS! :bow;
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I hope all goes well - only 9 days to go! :clap;
Don't i know it i feel sick in the stomach , excited but very nervous
Thanks for all the good wishes :flower;
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:grouphug; Best Wishes!
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Oh Charee just imagine how you will be feeling in two short weeks when hopefully you'll be drinking up a storm and feeling oh so much better!!!!
I think that's what I would be focusing on at this point.... though I can imagine probably now while rushing to get things organised etc part of you probably would love it to be happening NOW... to stop the anxious buildup and just do it... it must be hard counting down like this!!! I suppose in a way I'd be "lucky" to be waiting on that call... probably wouldn't have much time to be sick in the stomach it would all happen so relatively fast...
You will be fine.. I have a feeling!! Can't wait to see your pee bag pic!!!! :)
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:cheer: GIMME A P!
:cheer: GIMME A E!
:cheer: GIMME ANOTHER E!
:cheer: :cheer: :cheer: WHAT'S THAT SPELL?
:cheer: :cheer: :cheer: PEE!!!!!!
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Wooohooo Charee
That is wonderful news!! :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:
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:yahoo; :yahoo;
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:flower; :flower; Fantastic news!!! :flower; :flower;
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Great news for you.
Hope all goes well for both you and your sister.
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8 more days :bandance;
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4 more days now and counting down :bandance;
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:bandance; we leave for Sydney tomorrow (sunday) pre admission clinic 8.30am Monday and then i get admitted to hospital ready for the big day Anne (the great sister) has to be at the hospital 6.30am the day of the op its nearly here :yahoo; :yahoo;
thanks for all your good wishes :flower;
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Good luck- I am very happy for you :flower; :flower; :flower;
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Good Luck with your transplant only 3 more days. :bandance;
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:bestwishes; it won't be long now. How exciting :bandance;
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:bestwishes;
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will you post here and tell us what peeing feels like :cuddle;
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:bestwishes; :grouphug; :grouphug;
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This is sooooooo very exciting! Please let us know asap how you are feeling!!! Remember my offer :flower;
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Just catching up, this is fantastic news and I hope all goes well .................not long now :grouphug;
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:yahoo; We are all praying for you. :grouphug;
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Well she's on her way to SYD now.. HOW EXCITING!!!!!
Tuesday will hopefully be such an amazing day!!!!
Yeah we want pee stories and pictures (well you know what I mean :) ) REAL SOON!!!! *grin*
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Our caring thoughts and prayers are with you all the way! :grouphug; No need to worry - you have the force of IHD there with you. Wishing the best for you and your wonderful sister!
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will you post here and tell us what peeing feels like :cuddle;
Your not missing anything twirl. It is one thing I didn't miss, but it's a necessity.
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I don't know if you will see this before your surgery but if you do, please know we are there in spirit and hoping for a successful surgery. :grouphug;
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Good Luck Hope your peeing soon
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:flower; Getting closer!
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Should be less than 24 hours till the op now!!!!
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Hey Everyone,
Just saw Charee at the hospital, she is about to do a plama thingy (the thing tamara did) and then her last dialysis session, and her operation will start tomorrow around lunch.
She was a little nervous and worried, so she needs alot of positive thoughts and prayers.
I will keep you all up to date with things.
Love
Amand
xxoo
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hey Amanda thanks for keeping us informed... fantastic!!!
my thoughts will be with her... as I'll be getting stuck she'll be getting transplanted!! WOOHOO!!
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:waving; Thanks for letting us know Amanda (how are you doing?). I will keep Charee in my thoughts and prayer today. :cuddle;
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:2thumbsup; here's to everything going well today.
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I'm bad with the time difference stuff. Is today the 28th in Australia? I'm very excited for you!
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Good Luck Charee Thinkin Of ya ....... :cuddle;
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You are in my thoughts and prayers Charee.
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Amanda, thanks for updating us. I am so excited for her. I hope she knows we are all praying for her and thinking good thoughts. Another IHD member gets a kidney! :2thumbsup; We all love you, Charee :grouphug;
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Thank you Manda!
I think Charee is about 18 hours ahead of our time zone here in California - so it's now about 10 am on Tuesday and she should be in pre-op, I think.
:cheer: Sending lots of good thoughts to you Charee! :cuddle;
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Fingers and toes crossed! You're in my prayers, Charee!
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As I type it's 11:20am on the 28th, so the op should be starting in the next hour or two. WOO HOO!!
Hoping for good news via Amanda later today(or maybe tomorrow I guess)... fingers and toes crossed for dear Charee!!
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:grouphug; :grouphug; :grouphug; :grouphug; :grouphug;
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Hello,
I just spoke to russel she is otu of surgery and so far everything going to be planned. Her sister is recoverying well, but from what i know charee is still very much out of it.
I hope to see her tomorrow. I will keep everyone posted throughout the night.
Lets keep the prayers up.
Love
Amanda
xxoo
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Prayers flying across the miles to Charee. Come on Sis's kidney, you can do it. We want peeing today!!! :grouphug;
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Hoping that pee is flowing as I type!!!!!!
I was sending her all my thoughts through my treatment this afternoon :)
thanks Amanda and if she's with it tomorrow give her all our love and thoughts :)
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:cuddle; All my thoughts and prayers are with Charee and her sister. :grouphug;
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I love having a transplant day... everytime one of our members get a transplant it warms my heart!
Sending you prayers and love
Peace
Kim
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Praying that all went as planned and we will hear great news soon.
What an exciting day for you it must be Charee :clap; :clap; :clap;
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Hope everything went well. Today is the 28th in the states.
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I love having a transplant day... everytime one of our members get a transplant it warms my heart!
Sending you prayers and love
Peace
Kim
Ii agree, Kim. It gives us all hope! Charee, sending you good thoughts and best wishes for a speedy recovery. :grouphug;
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:flower; hope it is going really well...
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:waving; Charee - thinking of you!
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I keep thinking we need a "pacing" smiley!
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Or a toe tapping smiley that keeps checking his watch!
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Hey Everyone,
I spoke to charee!!! she is doing ok, she is still in pain and had a bad night. She said to say hi to you all, and i hope to spend all day monday with her. Her kidney has started to work, but not peeing enough yet. Her sister is a little unwell but should eb feeling better soon.
Please write any messages to her here and i will print them out and bring them to her. :)
She still has a long way to go but shes doing great.
Love
Amanda
xxoo
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Amanda, thank you so much for letting us know. Tell Charee that we are all praying and sending good thoughts to her and her sister. :cuddle;
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C'mon lil kidney be good to your nice new owner, all she requests is more pee to see !
Take Care
Tamara xxx ooo :cuddle;
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Thanks. I forgot one last thing her creat. is 307 at the moment (aussie numbers)
Amanda
xxoo
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Thanks Amanda. I bet 307 is way better than what it was (mine is between 900-1000 on a regular day) so hopefully as the lil lady (since it is her sister's kidney it can't be a fella can it?) gets the hang of its new place in life and gets on with it. MORE PEE WE WANT!!!!! for sure.
I am sorry she is in pain that sucks but hopefully things can get under control for them soon and she can get on with it. At least it is working that is such a positive fantastic start!!!! I'm so stoked...
Hoping things improve quickly for you Charlee.. you're in all our thoughts.. and Amanda thank YOu for the updates and spending time with her on Monday!!!!
lots of (gentle) hugs for you Charee!!!!! we want the good stuff to roll smoothly for you from now on!!!
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Thanks Amanda. I bet 307 is way better than what it was (mine is between 900-1000 on a regular day) so hopefully as the lil lady (since it is her sister's kidney it can't be a fella can it?) gets the hang of its new place in life and gets on with it. MORE PEE WE WANT!!!!! for sure.
I am sorry she is in pain that sucks but hopefully things can get under control for them soon and she can get on with it. At least it is working that is such a positive fantastic start!!!! I'm so stoked...
Hoping things improve quickly for you Charlee.. you're in all our thoughts.. and Amanda thank YOu for the updates and spending time with her on Monday!!!!
lots of (gentle) hugs for you Charee!!!!! we want the good stuff to roll smoothly for you from now on!!!
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Thanks Yoda. Now translate "307" for us please. :rofl; ;) ;)
Charee!!!!! Congratulations on your new kidney! Talk to it and tell it to start making pee! We want you home and back on IHD. I hope you start feeling great soon!!!
Kellyt
Thanks Amanda!
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:yahoo; :yahoo; come on little kidney and peeeeeeeeeeeeeee :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:
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Hey Charee!
I hope you feel better soon - don't forget the stool softeners and fluids because those pain meds can stop you up til Christmas!
I pray the little kidney works better every day.
We are thinking about you all the time - lots of good thoughts for your sister too!
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I am drinking water and thinking about pee right now. I hope it helps, Charee. We are rooting for you :cheer:
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yep skulling the water and trying to get my lil worker to communicate with yours Charee and to tell it to C'mon I'll start the chant !!!!
Charee demands pee and at a good Quality !!!
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C'mon Charee... your a country girl. Tell it to get a wriggle on and get the job done already! :bow; :bow;
:cuddle; :cuddle; Hugs to you, Ann and Russell. :flower;
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Gee all this water skulling... I'm so envious!!! LOL
C'mon Charee.... hang in there....
fingers and toes crossed (my god it's hard to walk!)
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Hoping that Charee and her sister feel better soon and that the kidney starts to work a lot better so she can rush to the lavoratory/restroom/bathroom in no time flat once more.
Chris
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Amanda - any update?
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I have faith that everything went well.
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Charee, I hope all if good and you make a quick recovery! If I could send flowers I would! :flower; :flower; :flower; :flower; :flower;
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Charee, Thinking of the lil kidney and it's new owner hoping to hear from both real soon !!
Love Tamara xxxx oooo :cuddle;
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:grouphug; Go kidney, Go!
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Come on Pee Gods bless Charee with the fountain of gold. :grouphug; hang in there Charee.
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Wow Cheree, that is fantastic.
Hey Amanda....is Cheree in RPA? Can you let me know so I can pop something in to her and Russell.
I hope all is going well. I am not allowed up for a couple of more days until the fluid in my legs goes down and my blood pressure comes down a bit but as soon as I can, I would love to come and see you. xxx
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I can't believe I missed this thread!!!! Congratulations Charee!! :yahoo; :grouphug;. I'm soooooo glad for you :clap; :clap; Hope that new kidney starts doing its job soon. Tell it to wake up!!!! Take care. :cuddle; :cuddle; to you and your generous sister!!!
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:thumbup; :thumbup; :2thumbsup; :2thumbsup; :clap;
hey charee the hard parts done,all ya gotta do is concentrrate on getting better
drink heaps, and pee a lot more than you drink.
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Charee,
Be well and know how much we love you and how much positive energy you have coming at you from all over the globe.
Stay strong.
xoxo
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Charee, I am praying all is well :thumbup;
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checking in and sending a :cuddle;
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hope everything is going well :grouphug;
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Hoping Amandapanda can give us an update on Charee after visiting her today....
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UPDATE!!!!
Sorry about the delay of update, but my internet at home is not working, and been using the work email or rose's email.
OK well i have visited charee a few times since her transplant, she was in a bit of pain over the last few days, but was handling it okay. But yesterday her creat. went up, and it was slightly more elevated again this morning. I just left the hospital and she was going down for a biopsy to rule out rejection. So lets all pray that comes back okay. I will post her results later on this afternoon.
I might take a picture next time if charee is feeling up to it.
Love
Amanda
xxoo
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I was hoping NOT to hear that but I'm sending all my healing thought her way and throwing in a few prayers too.
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no reject no reject no reject no reject!
God Damnit I'm always the one that gets rejected.... not Charee... not allowed!!!
Come on lil fella... (gal) .... work mate.. WORK!!!!!
fingers crossed!!!!!
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Hopefully it's just the meds that are causing the creat levels going up.
Comon kidney, work! :bow; :bow; :bandance;
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Praying that all goes well for you. Hang in there.
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Here's hoping that the kidney gets its act together and recognizes what a good home it has :grouphug;
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I hope you're doing okay Charee! :flower;
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We won't even give rejection a thought. Only good thoughts here! :grouphug;
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I REJECT the mere notion of rejection for Charee!! Sorry lil kidney.. not an option mate!!!! You've had your smoko now there's work to be done.. so get back to it. The Cup's been run and won (and I got nada, as usual!) so time to start processing that pee again!!!
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I pray that all is well with you and the kidney continues to work and work well :grouphug; :grouphug;
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Thinking of you today Charee and hope things are going in the right direction. :cuddle;
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any news today? hope all is continuing to go well :grouphug;
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Thinkin of you charee and hope your feeling ok :cuddle; :grouphug; :cuddle; :waving;
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So sorry to hear the kidney is not working as we would like...hopefully it's just taking a little rest. Thinking of you, Charee!
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Charee, We are all praying that kidney just starts working like crazy. We are all surrounding you with love and good wishes :grouphug;
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I have spoken to Charee today.
It has been a Roller Coaster ride but is now heading in the right direction. :cheer:
The biopsy last week showed NO signs of rejection. Her creatinine has been all over the place. It is taking a while to drop to a level they are happy with. Today it was 211 down from 213 (Australian numbers) so they did another biopsy! grrr They think it is just being slow. It is producing a good amount of urine, although its not concentrating it as yet. So she is having alot of bladder pressure.
She is emotionally exhausted, and is now having to share a room with a loony. :Kit n Stik; A new transplant patient came in so she was moved out of her private room! She is hoping to be able to leave hospital soon.
Anne is doing great and was discharged on Saturday. :cuddle;
I have an address if anyone would like to send a card. Please PM me and I will forward it to you. She could do with a little cheering up. :flower;
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UPDATE........
I have just got a message from Charee.
"Well it looks like the start of rejection. Starting IV prenisone hopefully that will halt it in its tracks... fingers crossed!"
As we say in Oz... Bugger. (meaning bummer) :Kit n Stik;
Please keep Charee in your thoughts. xox :grouphug;
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Thanks Wattle :)
I just spoke to charee, she is feeling a little better just still sore aroudn the site. They are starting her on the IV tonight.
I will be seeing her tomorrow night.
Amanda
xxoo
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Charee is so glad to have so many well wishing visitors with love and hopes for her. Lucinda also let me know she is seeing her and hopefully will take her laptop in so C can login and talk to us all...
now about that lil R word... at the transplant seminar I went to a few months back they talked about post transplant rejections like this and it shouldn't be panic stations just yet... they modify the meds and just have to remind that body of charee's who is boss (her!!!) so hopefully can get things under control quick smart.
We all certainly hope so!!!!!
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:grouphug; Charee. Thinking and praying real hard for you. :cuddle;
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My deepest prayers and most loving thoughts are with you :grouphug; :grouphug;
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I am going over to see Cheree today and I will take my laptop with me so she can get onto IHD and say Hi if she feels up to it. Unfortunately I can't leave my laptop with her as I need it for work but I will drop it off again on Friday night and leave it with her for the weekend so she can have access to the site. Sounds like she could do with all the support she can get at the moment.
I'm going to take over a portable DVD player, earphones and some DVD's so she can block out the "loony" that Wattle told us about. Thanks Wattle for the PM to give me her details at the hospital. I'm off to my neph this morning but I will go and see her straight afterwards. Cindy. xx
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Thank you everyone, for the updates. I am sending you good thoughts and radar LOVE Charee! :flower;
Thank you Cindy, for helping her with the DVD'd and computer. :thx;
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Thank you everyone, for the updates. I am sending you good thoughts and radar LOVE Charee! :flower;
Thank you Cindy, for helping her with the DVD'd and computer. :thx;
Charee, you can even do what I did, for the times you don't have the laptop, just go annoy the night nurses so much that they will let you get on the computer at the nurses station !
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gee now I want a transplant so Cindy will come bring me goodies to help me get through it!!! LOL
I hear she has some spare shoes...... (to bribe the nurses with, of course!!) :beer1;
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UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE :) Live from Charee & Lucinda (I talked to both though I am worried about Cindy's creat levels since she called me gorgeous! :rofl;)
Charee suffered a mild rejection but they've pumped her full of prednisone and her creat has fallen to 198 (oz numbers) and they are.. drumroll SENDING HER HOME later today!!! WOOHOOO.
They tried to get online with Cindy's laptop but no go alas but they were most concerned that everyone hanging out to know what was going on should know ASAP so asked me to post.. so here I am. Russell is trying to get the 'net organised at their unit so hopefully they will be online themselves in a day or two (fingers crossed!) to tell you more!
So much happiness, relief and excitement!!
Oh and Charee was put on fluid restrictions... not for anything bad with the kidney but because she was drinking too much!! LOL...
She was in bright spirits and feeling relatively good!!!
So that's awesome news!!!!!
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Yay, thanks so much for the great update Richard. What a thrill to hear such good news. See ya gorgeous. :waving;
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:thx; Richard for letting us know. I hope we hear from Charee directly pretty soon. :cuddle;
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sending you good wishes hoping the worst is behind you
make sure the little sucker knows whose in charge
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glad to know everything is moving forward. :cuddle;
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Thanks Richard for posting for Cheree. My laptop would not work in Cheree's room but as Gorgeous told you, Russell has been sitting in all morning at their unit across the road from the hospital waiting for a technician so they can get broadband.
Just a little add on, she looks terrific and she is in really good spirits. She is absolutely thrilled to be getting out of hospital. The lady in her room is hard work so I am sure she will be happy for the peace and quiet.
Anyhow, she said to send love to all of you and as soon as she can, she will pop on line. :grouphug; to you all from Cheree. xx
Fixed smiley error - paris, Moderator
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Wonderful news! :yahoo; :clap;
Epoman would have been so proud of his IHD family who has taken such good care of Charee. You are all so special and caring. I am proud to know all of you :grouphug;
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great news about getting things under control :yahoo;
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wow thank you everyone its been a big 10 days still don;t have the internet on so russell let me sneak his work one for a few mins as i was having ihd withdrawal ! back to clinic tomorrow at 7 am have to go every day now i have released from that nut house get bloods done and ajust anymeds i have one more iv prednosine left tomorrow hope it keeps doimg the trick i will post more details when i get my internet on thanks again :flower; you are all awesome and cindy wow what more can i say and can't forget amanda and family supplying russell and me with home cooked food fantastic people xxxxxxxx
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:waving; Yay Charee
I am so glad you are "home". Keep moving forward. :yahoo;
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Great to hear Charee :clap; you can only do so much better once your home in your comfy bed !!!
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:yahoo;
Great great news.
And a wonderful bunch of people :waving;
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great stuff Charee.... was really good to talk to you via Cindy's phone :) And glad you are out of there and while the daily bloods for the next month+ will be a chore just think how much better you must be feeling, and can eat and drink and all that.... the start of your new life is here!!!!!
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:yahoo; I am so happy to hear you're out and look forward to hearing more from you! :waving;
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:grouphug; Charee. :cuddle;
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Yeah Charee!!! Glad you are doing better!!! :cheer: :cheer:
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Glad you are doing better charee. :cuddle; Keep us posted.
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I'm glad you're home, Charee. And hope all the bad stuff is behind you now! :cuddle;
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Good going! It will be nice to be home so you can recuperate in familiar surroundings.Hope you have a quick recovery.
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:flower; :flower; :flower; :flower; :flower; :flower; :flower;
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:thumbup; Glad to hear things are going good, and you will soon be home
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:waving; Hey Charee..
How are you going?
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Hi Guys
Cheree is still really tired but her creatinine is down to 158 which is good. She is still carrying a lot of fluid but that is evidently normal in some people and when she was at the hospital last week they have to put her on fluid restrictions because she was drinking so much....God love her! I will give her another call today. I don't think she can still use her computer. I asked her out to my place for the day on Sunday but she said she is just too exhausted from going to clinic every day. I will try and get over again and see her over the weekend and I'll let you know how she is going. xx
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Hi everyone....an update on Cheree. Recovery not going as smoothly as we all hoped. She had another biopsy over the weekend when her creatinine went up but it was starting to go down again yesterday. Her bowel was perforated during the biopsy so she is on massive doses of antibiotics. I am going over to see her tomorrow (Wednesday) so I will post again then and let you know how she is doing. Her Mum and sister are coming down from The Rock for the weekend to see her and she is also getting a visit from someone else but I will let him tell you about that!!
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Lucinda, thanks so much for the update :thx;. Please tell Charee that we are thinking and praying for her. Not all transplants go smoothly. I hope this improve for her soon. :cuddle;
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I am so sorry Charee has to go through this - I was wondering if she was rehospitalized - poor girl - I pray things improve soon. Cindy, please give her my love.
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Thanks for the update Lucinda.
And Charee, all my hopes that everything starts healing ASAP.
Thinking of you,
Anna
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Thanks Lucinda. Charee, I'm sending hugs and strong healing thoughts to you and all your body bits that need to go home ASAP. I'm so sorry this is such a bumpy road and I do hope it smoothes out very very soon.
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You're in my thoughts and prayers, Charee! You are a real trooper! :cuddle;
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Charee, I hope your new kidney gets on track soon, soon, soon. :cuddle;
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Heal quickly and get well soon.
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Cheree is feeling a lot better today and her creatinine has gone down again so that is great. She said to say Hi to everyone and she is hoping to have the internet on by next Tuesday. xx
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Hang in there baby! :beer1; We are rootin for you!
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Cheree is feeling a lot better today and her creatinine has gone down again so that is great. She said to say Hi to everyone and she is hoping to have the internet on by next Tuesday. xx
Great to Hear !!
you tell the creatinine where to go charee !!!
Tamara xxxxx oooooo :grouphug;
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Good news on the creat and specially that she is feeling better.
Do not worry.. that little kidney will see me come through the door to visit and will cower and co-operate or suffer the consequences!!! Yes.. if it doesn't want to play ball then I'll just stay until it does!!!! :)
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Our caring thoughts and prayers are with you all the way, girl.
Good news on the creat and specially that she is feeling better.
Do not worry.. that little kidney will see me come through the door to visit and will cower and co-operate or suffer the consequences!!! Yes.. if it doesn't want to play ball then I'll just stay until it does!!!! :)
Counting on you to represent us, RichardMEL!
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Well Lucinda will be there also (she's taking me!!!! :) ) so we will both represent IHD.. and I will take my camera too :)
I thought it would be nice to fly up and wish Charee well and show some IHD support. :) And besides Lucinda kept promising to come down here for dinner but hasn't made it for ages, so I guess it's up to me to get up there!!! :) Besides, she did come down last year so i guess that's fair isn't it? :)
I will wear my IHD tshirt....
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Cool Richard, travel is always good and I 'm :clap; Charee will be happy to see you both.
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Oh boy! Nothing better than meeting up with other IHD members - have a great time and give Charee a big hug and Cindy a kiss for taking care of our girl!
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Hi everyone. I saw Cheree today and she is feeling much better and she looks terrific. Her creatinine seems to have stabilised. RichardM is coming up from Melbourne on Sunday to see her and Amanda might be coming over to see everyone as well. Cheree's Mum and Dad are also coming for the weekend and my hubby is coming over to see Cheree as well - more to keep her hubby company!!! Russell has been a terrific support for Cheree. He is a great bloke. Cheree asked me to thank everyone for their thoughts and best wishes and she should be able to get on line early next week. xx
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:pics; We want photos!! ;D
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:clap; :cheer: :cheer: Yeah Charee. A little IHD party will do you well! :pics; of all of you would be great. That means you too Cindy.... no hiding behind the camera.
I am sorry Tamara and I will not be part of the party. Have a drink for us! I hope Cindy and Charee will still be able to come down here for dinner soon. :cuddle;
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That will be awesome if Amanda can make it. An IHD party indeed!!!! :)
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Well, we all met up yesterday. I picked Richard up from the airport and we went over to see Cheree and Russell. Cheree looked terrific and she is feeling much better. Amanda joined us for about an hour. She is absolutely gorgeous!! We had a terrific afternoon and Rich took pics so I am sure he will post them. I haven't spoken to Richard since I dropped him back at the airport but he had to make a run for it because the traffic was horrendous and he was late getting there. Hope he made his flight!! xx
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Good times. I am glad Charee feels better. Cannot wait for the pics :pics; !
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Look forward to seeing you all. Sounds like a fun time and it's so good to hear that Charee is doing well.
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:yahoo; Great! I can't wait to hear from Charee! Any idea when she can get online?
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Hi all,
Sorry for the delay in writing. I got home last night and was a bit tired and then had an unwanted visitor, so I couldn't transfer the pics off my camera or post :( I will do so tonight hopefully.
I just wanted to say I had a really great afternoon with Lucinda, Charee, Russell & the lovely Amanda (and I hope her iphone is OK today! :) ). What a lovely group of people! We met up at Charee&Russell's apartment block and went to a local pub just down the road and sat for a few hours drinking (well, they did :) ) and having a great chinwag. It was even better when Amanada finally found her way to the place and joined us for a chat and telling us all about her upcoming holiday!! How exciting!! She looks absolutely fabulous, and actually agreed to be in the pictures which was super nice. Charee & Russell are such a lovely couple talking about their trials & tribulations through dialysis and of course transplant.. and willing to talk about it with me even though I'm sure they're totally sick and tired of talking about transplants!! So thank you so much to them.
Also thanks to Lucinda for picking me up and dropping me back right in time (luckily the plane was delayed 10 minutes, so I got out of the car, walked through security, down to the gate and right when I arrived they called boarding - perfect!!! :) ). Even the dinner on the flight home (mongolian lamb) was pretty nice (that's a positive for QANTAS :) ).
I will post the pictures later tonight :) Thanks again to Russell & Charee for agreeing to come and spend a few hours....:D
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:yahoo; Great! I can't wait to hear from Charee! Any idea when she can get online?
Russell said they are getting the internet looked at today(Monday) but who knows when it might be on!!! Hopefully sooner rather than later!
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:waving; Hey RichMel.....
We would love to see the pics :pics;
Great that you could get together!
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Well!! It has been quite a chore - having to sort out the X rated pictures from the ones that would be acceptable to post!! Let me assure you!!! However here, finally, are the pics.
In the first pic we have
The lovely and absolutely beautiful(looking awesome 1 year+ on!!) Amanda, the hummed up Lucinda and Charee the Champion
Next pic includes Charee's hubby, Russell
and finally I got to sit in on the end with Russell taking the pic!!
Special thanks to Amanda for sucumbing to my pleas for a picture!!!
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Wow what gorgeous women! :bandance;
Good looking Russel too.
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And Meltmyheart - you look marvelous! Way to represent with your t-shirt! :cheer:
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Well Karol with the tshirt I must explain a little. The weather in Sydney was... well... not the best and so I was rugged up for most of the day but I *had* to wear IHD to a IHD meet!!! So I got (partially) undressed... I think Russell was a tad nervous when I started taking my clothes off with all those hot women around!! LOL hehehe (just kidding!!) I have to say the jumper(sweater for you northern types!) was back on after the pics though!!! :) And to think we're less than a week away from summer....!!
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RichardMEL, what wonderful pictures. Thank you for posting and we are glad you made it home safely. :cuddle;
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You guys all look fantabulous. I bet it was a really great time. :thx; RichMelty...so now we can all say we've seen you "partially clad". :rofl; :thumbup;
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You guys all look fantabulous. I bet it was a really great time. :thx; RichMelty...so now we can all say we've seen you "partially clad". :rofl; :thumbup;
This is why Amanda is going on a month long holiday!!! SHe has to recover!!!!!!!
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hey everyone still no internet sneaking on Russell's work one so i have to be quick it was son great to meet up with Richard on Sunday hes very sweet and of course Amanda and Cindy creatine is still going up and down it went back up to 151 on Monday down to 148 today i have tomorrow off clinic but have to be back Thursday, my tacrolmus(prograf) levels have been abit high so they dropped that down to 4.5mg twice aday I'm also on cellept 500mg twice aday and they have dropped prednisone to 17.5mg once a day so hopefully that will all settle soon . I have the stent out on the 18th Dec . Walking more each day and feeling great except I'm still carrying 5 kilos of fluid as you can see from my fat face in the photos !! Looking forward to Friday Cindy is picking me up to take me to her hairdressers for a colour and cut it will be good to get out for a few hours she has been so good to me i have been very spoiled between her and Amanda and her family. Thanks again for all your good wishes :flower;
love Charee xxxx
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:cheer: C :cheer: H :cheer: A :cheer: R :cheer: E :cheer: E !!
It's great to hear from - and I am happy to hear your numbers are good - take care!
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:cheer: :cheer: :cheer: You all look fantastic!!
Amanda.... gorgeous as ever
Cindy...... Love the dark hair
Charee....... Amazing
Rich......... Just missing a little bit of black in the yellow shirt ;) (it's a footy thing)
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:ausflag;
Like all good aussies - you're good looking
What a significant moment and .....
I'm lost for words but.............
Like all IHD family - you're motivated, proactive, inspirational, caring, honest, endearing, compassionate, considerate and transparent. "No holds barred"
I wish Dad and the family could meet you aussie mob and of course the entire IHD family. Lets hope I win tatts.
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Thanks for the pics...looks like you all had a good meet.
Ann
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:ausflag;
Like all good aussies - you're good looking
What a significant moment and .....
I'm lost for words but.............
Like all IHD family - you're motivated, proactive, inspirational, caring, honest, endearing, compassionate, considerate and transparent. "No holds barred"
I wish Dad and the family could meet you aussie mob and of course the entire IHD family. Lets hope I win tatts.
Maybe my next flight of fancy should be to DRW. All that heat would help with the fluids!!!! :) :) :)
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An almost close-up photo of RichardMel!!!! :clap;
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An almost close-up photo of RichardMel!!!! :clap;
Yep....that boy was much happier behind the camera than is front of it!!! But seeing Amanda was happy to do it, he also had to oblige!!
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I'll tell ya...that is one good looking bunch of Aussies!!!! :bow;
Charee, I'm so happy for you!!!
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Wonderful pictures! Thanks for sharing!
Congratulations Charee!
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so glad I stayed up late. those pictures are worth it! glad to hear all is well Charee. Keep smiling. :cuddle;
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:waving; :waving; Hey Charee
Are you home??? If so ...... WOOOOHOOOOOO!!!
We need details and Photos! I bet the boys are glad to have Mum home. :cheer: :flower; :flower; :flower;
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Update time its been 5 months since my transplant everything is still settling in still having weekly blood tests as my creatine and Tac levels are still up and down but getting better . I had an ultrasound of the kidney in DEC and it showed a fast blood flow from my artery to the kidney artery so i had to have another one in Feb and it showed that it had gotton worse which could mean the kidney artery was narrowing , they have finally decided to do something about it and i go back to Sydney on Sunday so i can be admitted to hospital on Monday morning , my paper work arrived this morning and this is what is says I'm booked in for Angiography- Renal + DYNA CT _/ Angioplasty. From what i have been told they will do a ct anniogram to see what the problem is and then they will decide how to fix it depending on what they find, i know i will have to have the contrast dye which i really don't want but there is no other way to see whats going on . On the Sunday i have pick up some medication that i have to take in orange juice (its supposed to taste fowl) that is meant to protect the kidney from the contrast they will also put me on a IV drip to help flush the stuff out quicker . SO i will be off the internet for a few days they don't know how long i will have to stay in hospital , hoping to be back home Wednesday, i'm feeling very nervous but i want this fixed as decreased blood flow to the kidney isn't good for it either .I will keep you posted when i get home xx
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I hope it all goes smoothly for you Charee. Hopefully it will take just a little tweaking to make things right :cuddle;
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I hope all works out for you Charee.
Hope the oj helps with the bad medicine taste too, don't want you to feel or have to...... :puke;
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Hi Charee, I am sorry you are having to go through this. I'll keep saying prayers for you. I want you to know that at our Kidney Walk on Saturday, our team will be wearing purple ribbons with the names of members we have lost and green ribbons with our members with transplants. You name is on one and will be worn proudly that day. Sending you love and hugs :cuddle;
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I hope they can fix whatever is going on with your kidney. Hang in there! :cuddle;
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Here's a little info comparing the dyes http://www.rmgimaging.com/contrast.html
Charee, it sounds like a good idea - to see what's up and take care of that artery. I hope all goes well. Please keep in touch!
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oh Charee thats not fun. But I am glad they are on top of it and moving on getting it fixed.
Text me and I will post the updates. :cuddle;
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oh Charee thats not fun. But I am glad they are on top of it and moving on getting it fixed.
Text me and I will post the updates. :cuddle;
Thanks Sally that sounds good it will give me something to do , have to have bed rest after it boring xxx
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charee :grouphug; I hope everything goes well and your back home soon. I'll keep you in my thoughts and prayers. :cuddle;
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Hope everything goes well for you and that they can fix the artery flow to the kidney. Good luck.
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Everything is done and Charee just has to lie on her back for 4 hours. They did find a narrowing in the artery and have ballooned it to widen the area. So far so good. :cuddle;
She maybe home today.
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:thx; Oh thank you so much for the update Wattle - I was thinking of Charee today!
I hope this fixed her artery!
:waving; Hey Charee - sending you LOVE!
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:flower; hope you are home and healing quickly. :cuddle;
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Wishing you all the best Charee and hoping that the angioplasty will do the trick and get you back to normal. :cuddle;
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Thanks Wattle, for letting us know how Cheree is doing. Give her our love :grouphug;
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Thanks everyone We got home last night, I have to go back for a scan in May to see if the artery is still open fingers crossed it stays open otherwise they will do it again and maybe put a stent in. My groin is still abit sore but feeling ok other than that xx
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Get some rest - I am happy to hear you are home!
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Thanks Wattle! BTW, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your pink elephant. I keep forgetting to tell you! :clap;
Charee, I hope you're doing well! Take it easy! :cuddle;
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Thanks Wattle! BTW, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your pink elephant. I keep forgetting to tell you! :clap;
Thanks Kelly. I just changed it but I will bring him back. I am just having a dark moment against my huge pain in the :sir ken; kidneys tonight.
Charee... I hope you are taking it easy!! :cuddle;