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  • Kidney Quest: Last Tests
    Posted on Monday, July 29th, 2013 | Tagged: HLA, Kidney, Kidney Quest, last tests, Mount Sinai, Surgery

    In the last week, you will have the last tests. For us, the test came five days before the transplant. Alan and I returned to Mount Sinai for final testing. Since the HLA ( Human Leukocyte Antigens ) can change, within a week of the transplant, the recipient and donor must be re-matched to be sure we were …[ read more ]

  • Kidney Quest: Interlude–The Last Days–Perspective
    Posted on Saturday, July 27th, 2013 | Tagged: God is in control, Kidney Quest, perspective

    Night lights (Photo credit: dlanham ) Our kidney transplant would take place shortly after the results for the MRI and sonogram came in. I returned home. Within a week, I knew everything was a go, and I needed to make my final journey back to Mount Sinai for our last tests scheduled for November 13. My …[ read more ]

  • Kidney Quest: The Final Sonogram and the MRI
    Posted on Monday, July 22nd, 2013 | Tagged: Kidney Quest, MRI, ultrasound

    Once blood tests have been completed, two additional tests remain: an ultrasound of the kidneys and an MRI. an image of kidneys from an MRI Most people today have had ultrasounds. The most difficult part of this test is the cold jelly. Like stethoscopes, I believe the jelly is stored in the freezer before use. …[ read more ]

  • Kidney Quest: Blood Tests: AKA The Vampire Syndrome
    Posted on Saturday, June 8th, 2013 | Tagged: blood tests, Kidney Quest

    After Mt. Sinai sucked my blood dry like a vampire falling off the wagon, my brother-in-law flew me home in his Piper. Autumn had settled over the Adirondacks and the land below me danced in orange and red and green. Dying, in the natural world, is beautiful. Neil picked me up at the airport and …[ read more ]

  • Kidney Quest: Hurry Up and Wait: Interlude
    Posted on Wednesday, June 5th, 2013 | Tagged: Interlude, Kidney Quest, Waiting

    Mt. Sinai Hospital is renowned for making clients wait. Lugging my gallon jug of urine, my mother and I arrived for my 8:30 appointment. That’s a.m., as in having to leave the house by 6:30. Other patients already filled the seats in the reception area. We approached the desk, gave our names and were told, …[ read more ]

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      Carol McClain Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:3 In my darkest hours, when my emotional health was at the lowest, I understood I needed Jesus. When we are "poor in spirit," the first Beatitude says, we can find heaven. (Read last week's post. Click here). However, once we have recognized we all sin and cannot redeem ourselves, we still must recognize our poverty of spirit. When we sin, when we're depressed, when our Christian witness is less than inspiring, we need to repent and turn back to Christ. There are probably… ...[ full story ]

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