We saw Dr. Wahba today. As always, he wants to know exactly how Brian has been feeling. Truth is...not very good lately. His blood pressure is very difficult to control...he's having constant headaches...he's very tired...his appetite is poor, resulting in a failure of our attempt to fatten him up. (I have offered several times to be his donor for a fat transplant...but apparently we are not compatible - LOL!!)
Dr. Wahba feels that much of the recent downturn is due to actual rejection of the transplant. This is likely because of reduction in the immunosuppression after dialysis began. He has been very patient with our decision to wait on the removal of the transplants, but is happy that we are moving ahead with this step now. He feels that Brian's overall well-being will improve when the kidneys are gone. As mentioned in the previous post, we will be seeing the surgeon at OHSU at the end of December. The actual removal of the old "kids" should take place soon after the first of the year. Until then...please send all your unwanted calories to Brian and I will be sure not to open any of the envelopes!!!
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Hey Kido, everything will be OK. Hopefully we will be with you soon and can be of some help to you.
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