Wednesday, May 7, 2014

The biopsy result.


The biopsy came back as AKI (Acute kidney injury which is rapidly progressive impairment of renal function that results in fluid and electrolyte derangement and retention of normally excreted substances in the blood.  In other words this shows that the native kidney is stealing/ flushing out all the fluids given to her so the next step has to be the nephrectomy ( removal of native kidneys). Our prayer request until the surgery is that the docs find a balance for Olivia's body. Right now kidney is at best with us giving her 3L of fluid a day but we're running into hypertension problems ( blood pressure has been in the high 150-160's and hard to manage). There is a lot of factors involved into the process of protecting the new kidney from further damage & so far has been really hard to do. Her Dr. Is consulting with urology surgeons also to make sure we cover all damaging factors so there is no surprises after the second surgery.  So far we're anticipating the surgery in the next two weeks but no date has been set. In the meantime Peter and I are monitoring Olivia at home(discharged on Monday) with feeding pomp plus IV's fluids until the surgery date. Thank you again everyone for praying and taking this journey with us. 

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