Tuesday was a good day to go home!! Jim was up every couple of hours during the night. Joe was keeping him busy peeing. Drs. came in and said everything was still looking good. Creatinine was down to 2.0, titers were still 1-16 (if these go higher than 64 he may have to do plasmapheresis again) but so far everything looks great. Still some pain in incision area, a small BM too helped with his pain, but otherwise feeling pretty good. Coming home with a drain in the incision area.
Got home and started preparing his pills. Here is what a weeks work of meds look like.
Today a home health nurse will come out and do blood draws. He will have blood draws 3 times a week for the first 2 weeks. Then blood draws twice weekly for the next 2 weeks, then once a week for the next 3 months, every other week for the next 9 months then at 1 year it will be monthly. This is how they keep a close watch on levels for possible rejection. Small price to pay to be dialysis free.
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