The physician's assistant called this afternoon with the results from the kidney tests this morning before dialysis. Creatinine was at 2.8! This was after two days off of dialysis. The criteria for stopping dialysis was that this value was below 3.0 (normal range is 0 .7-1.3) They also said her kidney function is up to 20% (which doesn't sound that great, but apparently no one has 100%). It was down to 8% when she was in the hospital.
Edit: I wasn't aware of this yesterday, but apparently 20% is the normal level of kidney function!
Shannan has not taken one of her two blood pressure medications since yesterday (Monday) morning, and her blood pressure has been holding steady in the normal range.
We had already scheduled an appointment with the nephrologist Tuesday at 3 pm, so we'll have a chance to talk with her and find out if this really means we're done with dialysis; and if it does, what other follow up care will need to be done and for how long. Thanks for continuing to pray as we watch God continue to work this miracle.
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