A Match

It is a great feeling to know that I am a match for Bob...Roxanne, the head person at the transplant center, said she will be mailing me a lot of tests that I am to have done...she said to call with any questions because if everything isn't done correctly it will have to be redone. It took 15 vials of blood for the matching part and they told me to drink a bottle of water (helps pop up the veins) before the next tests because 15 vials was just the beginning...I know one test involves a dye being injected before the MRI, I've had that done before, it's no big deal...I have other tests that I've seen Bob have done before so I know a little bit of what to expect.
Bob getting a Tick is just crazy...
He claims to never worry but I saw the relief on his face last night when they called with the test results...He has a hard time believing this is happening to him...I guess I do too...mostly I just want to fix it...
My arms are really hurting so I think I'll call Dana and go back to PT...Dr. Koffman wants to do another MRI of my neck to see if it has gotten worse...I want to wait on that because I know it has...but  I don't want the surgery on my neck until after the transplant is done...the discs that have ruptured in my neck are what is causing my arms to hurt and my hands to be so weak...fun...Bob says he has a plan...I'll give him a kidney, he'll get better and push me around in a wheelchair...can you see who the loser is in his plan?!
Some of the pain med.s they use for bone disease I won't be able to take because of only having one kidney...but that's OK as long as they have something I can use!!
I told Bob that I prayed so much that I felt like I was nagging God...he said that meant he and God had something in common....nice...

Another scare...it looked like Bob was reacting to a TB test...remember how it is a two shot thing, the first shot was no problem, but...the second shot was odd...a red round patch showed up. Of course, I googled it...couldn't figure out what they were saying...so three days of waiting...if it had showed positive to even a reaction it would have meant that after the transplant when they had to suppress his immune system, he would have developed TB...this morning he went for the 'reading'...the nurse called in the doctor, Dr. Koffman said it was negative  FINE FINE Fine....this is hard. Maybe it doesn't sound like hard stuff...but it is...I feel like we are hanging over a ledge...I expect they will call from the transplant center with my blood test results today...my stomach is in a knot even though they said not to worry..ha ha....my being in physical pain doesn't help so I take pain pills and it makes me sick...so I take pills for upset stomach...maybe shopping would help...hmmmmmm

got it

I think I got...when you want to leave a comment..you click ''comment' under the writing...a box comes up...write the comment..then under that box click 'Publish"...

long night

Some nights are hard because of the leg cramps...but we kind of got a handle on that. Then last night the gout returned...it was awful! Bob doubled his meds and suffered. He's doing a little bit better this morning...I'll be so glad when this is over! Sometimes I get scared that he won't get better after the surgery, but I know he will...and when he is suffering with leg cramps and gout...I know we are on the right road to the transplant. I feel so bad for him...he wanted to go hunting this morning but that is certainly not going to happen. He says he's feeling well enough to go to work for Chad...maybe he should just go get the shot in the joint...even if that's not pleasant ... sigh...the first time he went for that shot he refused the shot to numb it first..he can be so difficult!! So they gave him the needle in the sore joint without numbing it...he won't make that mistake again!!! Sometimes I feel like I'm taking a child to the doctor's because he can pull some crazy stunts! I think losing control over what is happening to you is very difficult...esp. for Bob who can be a control freak...LOL...one step or one limp at a time! Oh well, the sun is up and we're still here...so bring it on!! :)

new blog

Hello There,
I think I messed up in the way I set this blog up...so I'll set up another one and get the title of that one to you if you're interested....take care, Lois

comments

Hello Friends,
I don't know why or how to fix it, but none of the comments show...do you have to join? I don't know...can anyone figure it out and let me know...email me at...loleary373@roadrunner.com....thank you, Lois

Doctor Visit

The doctor, Dr. Hoffman, had the test results and said all was fine. There is one test that is usually done on people before a kidney transplant but it involves a type of dye that is very hard on the kidneys...usually the people are already on dialysis so it's Ok..but Bob isn't and the test would end up causing him to go on dialysis. He said it is up to the transplant team..they didn't order the test so far. He said he's OK with Bob having the surgery, saw no problem from the heart position...except for that one test...I hope he doesn't have to take it...wouldn't make sense to do something that would put him on dialysis when we're trying so hard to avoid it...We're very happy with the results. It would have been very heartbreaking to have to accept a life on dialysis with no hope of a transplant.