Angie got a transplant !!!

[Rerun]

Great news!  Was this done in Canada?

[Razman]

  Yes Rerun ,  the transplant was done in Canada.

[goofynina]

Thanks for keeping us posted Razman, please let her know she has many prayers coming her way 

[Jill D.]

What great news!!!!

[Ohio Buckeye]

That is great news to hear.
Praying for a speedy recovery.

[kitkatz]

HURRAY FOR HER!  Good luck and get well quick!

[Razman]

Here is an update on a message from Angie  :


I am in severe pain but finally able to move around a bit (sorry about any spelling - Sandman can edit this later as I am "out of it") .. I was going to use the computer earlier but was just too exhausted. I however could not get more than 45 min sleep as it is hectic here.

My kidney is still hardly making any output so tomorrow they will do a biopsy early in the morning.

Sorry this is short but I really don't feel well enough to sit here too long. The catheter is annoying me and the keyboard is in an odd location for typing.


I talked them into doing dialysis on me 2 days in a row as I could tell I had too much fluid on me but they were afraid I would dehydrate the new kidney. Turns out that I had 18K on me extra!!!! No wonder my skin is so stressed and taunt!! It has been making it hard to move around and I need to move around as I have bad lungs that get pneumonia easily.

[Sluff]

Thanks for the update Razman.

[Bajanne]

WOW!  That is great news!  So happy for you, Angie!  Hope things get better and better and better for you.  Our caring thoughts and prayers are with you.

[Wattle]

   Wow Angie. Congratulations on your transplant. 


I wish for the transplant to have a lonnnng and happy life living inside you!      

[paddbear0000]

I hope things get better soon! 

[angellady07]

Congratulations Angie. Wishing you the very best.

[Razman]

Angie was really feeling down because it seemed that things were going real SLOW  but here is part of a message that came through today. I know that she can't wait to get home.

From her fiancee.
Just got off the phone with Angie, I'm so excited after talking
with her that I hope a can repeat correctly lol. she wanted for
me to tell you that she actually had tomato soup for lunch! she hasn't eaten that
in six years! Ohhh and here's the biggie we've been waiting for, its starting to work !!
Sure worth getting excited about, she sounds
really good to me, she's still tired but getting the rest she deserves.

[Sluff]

   good news.

[paddbear0000]

Yeah! Go kidney!!!   

[okarol]

  go kidney go!!!

[goofynina]

That is awesome, so glad it is finally working,    Hope she gets home soon so she can live happily ever after

[angela515]

wohoo!!! 

[Amanda From OZ]

Keep up the good work Angie and Mr Kidney! 

[Chris]

Hope all goes well and that the new kidney last   a long time.
Get Well Soon.

[charee]

Great news

[Razman]

Here is an update.  I guess there are ups and downs with any transplant surgery but I sure hope that things start working for her.  Please remember Angie in your prayers.

From her fiancee
Today, Angie is doing so-so. She has an unbelievable amount of fluid on her (near 18k, maybe more by now considering she could very well have lost dry weight from not eating) and is in a heck of a lot of pain from being so severely overloaded. Angie told me that her doctors have given her another medication to help induce urination and it seems to be helping. Not quite as much as she should be getting but much more then she was producing before. I wish I could remember the name of that med but I am drawing a blank right now. Anyway, even with that alarming amount of fluid on her, her doctors continue to keep giving her plenty to drink but with little outlet. Angie tells me that her doctors don't want to give her to much dialysis for fear that they may dehydrate her kidney? I am beginning to get very scared now. I am praying that she will pull through this okay.

[goofynina]

Come on Angie, hang in there girlfriend, give it a little time, i am sure you are in good hands and you will be doing fine soon.  Take care and Godspeed 

[hala]

another update from Angie .. Yesterday evening

Good news!
The surgeon came back and checked me personally, believed me, realized I was 82kg (dry weight before I came in for transplant was only 62.5kg/63kg) and I was actually having heart trouble. My mom had to feed me in bed as I could not even stand to sit up. It was too much for my heart! What is the good news is when the surgeon okayed dialysis and even allowed them to up the take off amount from 3kg to 6kg! They only got off 5.4kg but that still was a great help! Plus the dialysis nurse was very concerned about my heart arrhythmia and made the nurse realize that this was a BAD thing for anyone still on dialysis. The nurses were waiting for the kidney to pick up the slack but were holding off too long when it came to the fluid. Also it seems they weren't taking into the fact that my new kidney is taking off K (Potassium) and dialysis as well and it was actually on the low side which can also cause the heart arrhythmia. Infact today was the day I got to prove to the day nurse that I AM compliant and not bad and totally gained her respect when she saw how different I am when I can get out of bed and walk by myself and take my own pills on time without taking a few hours due to heart burn or acid reflux or thrush (which the surgeon today also found out when he checked me out that I have all the way down my throat).
I also am eating solid foods finally and just had a shower. It was a LOT easier THIS time around! lol I could actually move my legs!!
So things are looking up and I am still peeing even without any additional lasix today (which reminds me ... wasn't I supposed to get some more??).
Right now the night shift nurse (my favourite nurse Sherry) is in. Amy was the day nurse and Sherry told me that Amy was totally taken by surprise by my progress! Now she believes me!

[okarol]

Jeeez it sounds like torture - Poor Angie!

Thank you for the update - I hope her progress continues!