finally some good news

[Bombero1956]

Some of you may know that my oldest daughter has been waiting for a kidney for 10 years. Last night we finally got the call that we had been waiting for, a donor kidney became available. She had surgery last night to implant the new kidney. Things went well at first but by this morning there still wasn't any sign that the new kidney was functioning. Because she had extremely low blood pressure and an elevated potassium level they felt that there might be something physically wrong with the kidney so they did another surgery this morning. Everything looked fine so they closed her back up. It appears that she is rejecting the new kidney so they've started doing pheresis to remove some antibodies. The hope is that this will allow her new kidney to start working.

[kayakjohnny]

1. Wow, I hope this works. That's an amazing wait. All the best to her and to you.

I'm sending my best thoughts and wishes and prayers to you all, Bombero1956.

Take care.

[femmocrat]

2. Sending best healing vibes to your daughter.

:hug: Hope she has improvement tomorrow. Let us know, OK?

[Bombero1956]

3. I most certainly will

Hoping for good news in the morning.

[applegrove]

4. vibes.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. Healing vibes for your daughter, and you, my dear Bombero1956...

I'm sorry she's having such a tough time of it...

You all remain in my thoughts.

:hug:

[av8rdave]

6. Vibes. Lots of vibes

Hopefully you'll have even more good news in the next day or so!

[Bombero1956]

7. thank you all for the kind words and healing thoughts

I just off the phone with her and it seems they moved her roommate out to accommodate the extra equipment.

[JohnnyLib2]

8. Hoping, hoping, praying for a good outcome

All kinds of best wishes for the new one....

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. Sending my best vibes for healing and comfort!