Brandon is feeling a little bit better

Submitted by Mike on Mon, 12/03/2007 – 5:12pm.

Brandon is still in the hospital but is feeling a little bit better. We had another long night and Brandon changed rooms early this morning. His Kidney function levels are a little bit lower today. His white count is still high, but better than it was. Doctor’s think they have the infection under control. Brandon’s culture’s showed an infection in the bladder that spread to his transplanted kidney. Because he has no immune system the infection was able to attack the bone marrow. Doctor’s still need some more tests to determine why he had a bladder infection. We have to see if the urine that is backing up into the new kidney was the cause. If this was the reason then these infections will become very frequent. The only solution is to implant his ureter inside his bladder(lets hope this is not the case!!). That procedure would require Doctor’s to re-open his mid-line incision and a 2-3 week hospital stay. For now he is starting to drink small amounts and has had a little bit of baby food. The liquid volume is very important to insure the new organ is hydrated. We are hoping that we can take him home soon.

Thanks for all the messages and for the prayers!!!!
JULIE

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