New kidney in and working great!

[Wattle]

    Yippeee  Think of the Christmas dinner you can now eat!!   

[rose1999]

Fantastic news. Delighted to hear you are both OK and doing well. Love and bunnies for both of you 

[Bajanne]

My dearest Kelly, this is such wonderful news!!!!
I am so happy for you.  You just keep on keeping on, girl!
Now we have to update the transplant list!
Be assured of my caring thoughts and prayers. 

[twirl]

how does it feel to drink, drink, and drink
and pee, pee, pee
so glad for you

[kellyt]

Keeping in mind that I was peeing quite a lot before transplant, can you imagine how much I'm peeing now?  I literally have three kidneys just pumping away!  Who knows when mine will shut down, but for now they will continue to empty my bag multiple times a day.

They took off my bandage this morning and I was able to take a shower.  That felt so good.  I can't wait to get this darn Foley Cath. out, as that is the worst part.  I only have pain when I am trying to get out of bed, while I'm out of bed and when getting back in bed.    I'm really trying to stay away from the pain pills until I get home.  I slept good last night, or as good as you can sleep in a hospital.  They gave me OJ with my breakfast, but it was nasty.  I just ate the unsalted eggs, my roll and my milk.  Tomorrow I'm getting good ole Corn Flakes!

They are really happy with my labs.  My Creatinine is at 2.1 and was apparently at 5.1 when we checked in on Tuesday.  Two weeks prior to that my Creatinine was 6.43, so I was already going down a little.  My Potassium is 3.7 and my Phos is at 4.7.  My WBC is a little high, but they say that's expected.  They took out my neck IV so I'm no longer teathered to that stupid pole.  I still getting insulin, as my glucose is around 157.  I hope that starts to go down soon.  They lowered my prednisone to 40 mg today and it will be lowered to 30 mg by the time I check-out on Wednesday.

I look forward to going home, but I am enjoying just lying here and watching crappy TV!

Love to you all!

RicharMel, I hope things are okay with you.  You sound like you're going through some" life poo" at the moment. 

[paris]

Kelly!!                        LOVE YOU!!

[willieandwinnie]

Kelly. Walk as much as you can stand to. Drink plenty and rest even more. Tall order isn't it. I hope you get to go home sooner then they are saying. 

[Sunny]

Glad to know you are doing well Kelly and producing lots of fluid with those three kidneys. Good luck with your recovery.

[Joe Paul]

Glad to hear you are doing well 

[Chris]

That's good that your labs are doing better. Hope you will be off insulin injections soon. I had the same problem with orange juice when they gave it to me after transplant. I no longer can stand the stuff and I loved it before dialysis and transplant.

[pelagia]

Somehow I managed to completely miss this good news until today.  Congratulations on everything going so well. It is the best of news.  I have the greatest admiration for your sister-in-law. 

Here's a trio of hugs for your kidneys 

[okarol]

Jenna was in the hospital for 3 days for her transplant - you'll end up being there for a week? I am curious why so long. Jennas surgeon said there are fewer germs in homes and that the hospital bugs are bad - so they really wanted her released on day 3. But I know every center is different. Maybe they were tired of me sleeping in her room!

I hope you take some photos Kelly, of your experience - and some video - so you can do another IHD presentation! I wish i had taken more photos but it was so overwhelming at the time!

Best wishes - so good to hear you are doing well! 

[kidney4traci]

 Congrats!!! Yeah!!  Cyber flowers and lots of  - Keep peeing and hope you can go home soon!!!

[kellyt]

I was told from the very beginning that I'd be in the hospital no less than 5 days following surgery (Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun and Mon) and no more than 7 days.  It seemed that I noticed lot of people admitting the morning of surgery and we admitted the day before.  Is that how it was for Jenna?  This is a very small hospital (only four floors) and it's all transplant.  I think the top floor is heart surgeries and I think the 2nd floor is kidney/liver, etc.  It's very quiet and clean.  Since getting out of the ICU I've been sleeping quite well, other than being awoken every two hours for totally normal vitals!  YAY!

I have taken some photos, but not nearly as many as I would have liked.  We may do more video on departure day and video more of my home therapy!

[okarol]

Jenna was admitted the day before due to a mild B cell crossmatch so they decided to do plasmapheresis and IVIG prior to surgery the following morning. She was in ICU the first 24 hours after surgery. When she was sent to the regular floor they set up a bed for me in her room (all the transplant recipients were given private rooms to avoid germs.) After she was released we had to come back 3 times a week for labs the fist 2 weeks, then twice a week. She also had to come back for more IVIG a few weeks later.
  take care!

[petey]

When Marvin got his transplant, we were admitted the day before.  He was put on the neph floor, and I was on the surgical floor.  We went in on a Tuesday.  The transplant was Wed. morning.  After the transplant, Marvin spent one day in ICU, then he was moved back to the neph floor (I was on the surgical floor the whole time).  I came home on Saturday, and Marvin came home on Sunday.  Those were good days, and I hope he does as well with his second transplant.

[kellyt]

Yep, same here.  I hope things go great, as well.

I tell ya, it's so nice to come back to this site post surgery and talk to knowledgeable folk about this stuff!  I love you guys!

[monrein]

And we love you back Kelly. 

[paris]

"I love you all the way to the moon and back"   That is what my grandkids tell me and that is how I feel about you!!       I think it is good you are spending a little more time in the hospital. You will be a little more rested and feeling better, especially since you won't have a ton of help when you get there.  BUT, let people do thiings if they offer!     Love you!!        

[Chris]

Jenna was in the hospital for 3 days for her transplant - you'll end up being there for a week? I am curious why so long. Jennas surgeon said there are fewer germs in homes and that the hospital bugs are bad - so they really wanted her released on day 3. But I know every center is different. Maybe they were tired of me sleeping in her room!

I hope you take some photos Kelly, of your experience - and some video - so you can do another IHD presentation! I wish i had taken more photos but it was so overwhelming at the time!

Best wishes - so good to hear you are doing well! 

My doctors told me that I would be there for only three day's, but that never happened. There were some problems and they released me. Out for a week and back in on Christmas. When they asked me the first time if I was ready to go home and I said no, I wished they listened!

Voice any concerns Kelly if you have any, but hopefully you'll be able to go home without any problems.

[kidney4traci]

Okarol, you are always a welth of information!  Sounds similar to what they said I may have to go through if my friend gets accepted.  Thank you for being so forthcoming with your daughter's experience. 

[pelagia]

Everything sounds on track for getting home soon. 

[RichardMEL]

thanks for your thought Kelly but OMG you concentrate on you silly young lady!!!! I'm so glad you're doing so well and hopefully out of there soon peeing heaps and all... I'm so envious yet so totally happy for you and your family!!! Way to go!