Friday, April 3, 2009

Julie is Back in Chicago.

So, it seems Julie isn't writing here, so I will.
The week after her initial diagnosis, Julie had some follow-up labs, a lot of stress, and a lot of diet education.
Her dad flew in for the week, and the decided she should move back to Indiana, and get with the Chicago transplant team.

So, she is back there, which is terrible for me, but I think a good idea all around.

Anyway, she and her Chicago-Nephrologist decided that they could postpone placing a dialysis catheter, which is great news. The hope is that she may be able to get a transplant before she really starts to feel ill.

That is it for now.. hopefull Julie will chime in soon.
And you can delete this, peaches! I don't mind!

Thursday, March 19, 2009

March 19th

SO here is some hard data.

It is so strange. Julie seems totally normal from the outside. Except the crazy-eyes. But her labs say this:

GFR = 7.35
Thats out of, like, 90.

Creatinine = 6.5
Normal is around 1.0

Moral of this story?
You never know. Get some blood work occasionally.

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Saturday #1

Hi everyone. Cameron Here.

This blog is about my sweet 29-year old friend Julie. She has run into a little problem.
Here's how it went down:

On Tuesday, she had a physical. A regular physical, though Julie insisted on Blood Work.
Anyway, on Wednesday... her Doctor called and LEFT A MESSAGE that Julie should just go check into the hospital. Instead, on the advice of the doc she would have been admitted to, she made an appointment with a nephrologist.
On Thursday, she went down to see the man. He was amazed that she had such wacked out labs, but looked so normal. SO he re-ran all her tests. Then she and I went to get her an ultrasound crammed in end of the day style. The Radiologist was not incredibly optimistic about the condition of her kidneys. so..
On Friday we went in again. Julie had the pleasure of giving a full 15 vials of blood, and her doctor told her that she needed a kidney transplant. Despite her years of clean living and moderation, her kidneys are performing poorly, and we might never know why.

Today, Saturday, is a day of laying around, trying to take care of normal biz, and starting this blog. Thanks for reading.