Kidney working well

Submitted by Mike on Fri, 09/07/2007 – 12:21am.

I want to start out by telling you how much we enjoy all of your messages! It is so nice to know that you are all thinking and praying for us.
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brandons kidney is working well and the Doctors are very pleased. We are still having a hard time getting him to eat or drink. The Doctors want him to drink 40oz of fluid a day. We are lucky to get about 8oz in him right now! He had his first meal since surgery, Salad with italian dressing and black olives, his favorite!!! He only ate a couple of bites but its a start. Brandon is still not able to sit up all the way but is moving better every day. We were able to put him in a wagon and pull him around the unit. He was so excited to get out of bed!! He still has the central IV line in his neck and it will stay until discharge. He HATES it!! He had his first taste of “real” milk and seemed to like it. Mike has been staying thru the night and “sleeping” in a pull out chair. The rest of us help all day and leave around midnight. My parents are still here and are so much help! We checked out of the hotel and are now staying in the apartment. I am not able to drive so someone has to bring me back and forth. Brandon is still fighting all the medications so we have to hold him down.

Its official- he has been brain washed. He asked us to find him a “Baseball Game” on TV the other day and he watched it calling out the plays!{ Where do you think he got that from?}

As for me, still in alot of pain. I have my follow up visit tomorrow.
Thanks again for taking the time to leave us a message!
P.S.- We added a couple more pictures to the photo album.
Love, Julie

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *