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« on: May 20, 2011, 01:32:59 PM »
On Sunday, May 15th, my husband received a cadeveric kidney transplant after 3 years and 10 days on the list! His creatanine as of yesterday is 1.2 ! The kidney started working immediately, producing about 2 litres the next day. We are so, so happy, and thankful to our donor, donor's family, doctors and staff of our hospital. Surgery lasted only 2 hours! He stayed in the hospital for only 4 days, and we are at our home since last night. What an experience! And the greatest birthday present we got (both of our birthdays are in the first half of May).

He is on CellCept, Prograf, and Prednisone (doctors told us he had to be on prednisone because of his antibodies, but that the dose will be lowered), Bactrim and Valcyte.

All in all, everything so far is running very smoothly, and we hope it continues that way. I have a feeling like we got the third member of our family: our little kidney bean. Such an emotional experience!
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« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2011, 01:35:30 PM »
BEST OF LUCK WITH THE RECOVERY AND A LONG LIFE TOGETHER!
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Diagnosed with Alport Syndrome in 2004.
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« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2011, 02:11:13 PM »
Great news! I'm glad things are going well!  :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

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Carl transplanted with cadaveric kidney, February 3, 2011. :)
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« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2011, 02:39:40 PM »
Congratulations, Those are great numbers so soon after tx. Best wishes for many years of continued success. Your story takes me back 14 months to waking up in post op instantly feeling better than in eight months prior.

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« Reply #4 on: May 20, 2011, 02:48:34 PM »
Wonderful wonderful news!!!!  Thanks foir sharing!  Wishing you (all three of you) the best!!!!!
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« Reply #5 on: May 20, 2011, 03:08:03 PM »
Good job! 
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Girl meets boy with transplant, falls in love and then micromanages her way through the transplant and dialysis industry. Three years, two transplant centers and one NxStage machine later, boy gets a kidney at Johns Hopkins through a paired exchange two months after evaluation.  Donated kidney in June and went back to work after ten days.
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« Reply #6 on: May 20, 2011, 05:15:23 PM »
Excellent!!!!!!!
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« Reply #7 on: May 20, 2011, 08:49:12 PM »
Such great news to hear   :yahoo;   Take care, enjoy, and be full of joy :)  I wish you ALL the best outcome   :clap;
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« Reply #8 on: May 20, 2011, 11:16:26 PM »
Congrats!  Question though, is a 4 day stay normail?  I was told I would be there at least a month or two?
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« Reply #9 on: May 21, 2011, 12:17:53 AM »
Great news!
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« Reply #10 on: May 22, 2011, 06:20:53 AM »
Thank you all so much! @ Alisa: I think hospitals release patients sooner if all is going OK. I think the standard is about a week, sometimes more, sometimes less. Again, depends on the patient and how things are going. But not a month unless there is something in particular going on.

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« Reply #11 on: May 22, 2011, 02:59:06 PM »
 :2thumbsup; I added your hubby to the list http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=4927.0
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Jenna is our daughter, bad bladder damaged her kidneys.
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Found a swap living donor using social media, friends, family.
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