Great News!

Hello everyone! I had a good week and am excited for the weekend! I have one more rituxan treatment...it's this Thursday. I'll let you all know what the doctor wants to do next. Hopefully start weaning me off of plasma! I got some great news today!!! The doctor that I see at Good Samaritan Hospital where I get my dialysis and plasma came up to see me. He read over my chart and counts and when he was done he said "why don't we hold off on dialysis for a few days and see how you/blood counts do"!!!!! Yeah praise God!!!! So, for all you believers out there :) I want to ask you to please pray that my creatinine(kidney function)level keeps going down and that my platelets keep going up and stay there! I will keep you all up to date on what's going on! Thank you all! God Bless

Annie

Well it's been a week since my last post...a busy week at that! Things are going really well. I'm still getting dialysis on Monday,Wednesday and Friday but I have a feeling that will soon change to two days a week! Kidney levels are doing good, the creatinine level is going down it was something like 7.89 when I went into the hospital....which is crazy high/little kidney function....and now it is 3.16!The normal range should be somewhere in the 1.0-.054. A nurse told me that it doesn't have to be that low to stop dialysis. Now I know that God has already healed me but the doctors need results=test scores visual things! Now that my levels are doing good and going down I'm hoping that they will take my dialysis from 3 days down to 2. I am getting ready to leave for dialysis if I see the doctor and there is new news I will update when I get home tonight or in the morning :) Hope you all have a blessed weekend and thank you for all the thoughts and prayers! God bless

Annie

TGIF! Had my first treatment of Rituxan yesterday. It went well I got there at 8:30 and got hooked up to an iv at 11:00. Once hooked up everything went smooth. I got done at 3:00. The nurses said the next treatment won't take as long. I am getting dialysis done right now. I will be done between 2:30 and 3:00 and then that's it until Monday! Have a nice weekend

Hello! Here is the latest news...I saw Dr. Ward Tuesday and he wants to start me on an iv drug called retuckson. It is supposed to help prevent a relapse of t.t.p/h.u.s or any other autoimmune diseases. I'll get one treatment a week for four weeks starting this Thursday. I will not get plasma on Friday just dialysis...which will be a nice treat! Everything is going great kidney level is going down which is good and platelets are holding at a good level! Doctors are very pleased! Course I know the truth, that my Lord and Savior healed me!!! I'll let you know how this new treatment goes, I hear the first treatment can take up to 6 hours..oh joy!!!

Anyone out there?!

I was woundering if anyone is still following my blog/updates. Please let me know by leaving me a coment. If I don't get any there is no need to keep updating this blog.

Annie

Hey everyone!!! what a beautiful day God blessed us with today! I am doing well doctors are positive! Saw doctor Ward today he is a hematology(blood)doctor....he is the one that controls how many times I get plasma treatments.....I waited in the waiting room for over an hour to see him...when I finally got called he took maybe 10 mins. to look me over and say "looks good, see you next week" seriously are these appointment necessary???! I am getting stronger and driving all over the place!!! It feels good to be independent again! Treatments are the same still 3x a week soon to be going down : ) my kidney level is going down!!...which is good! everything is good! I will keep you all updated on my status probably on a week to week basis. thank you all again for your support,love and prayers! God bless you