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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

A container suitable for the 24 hour urine test! One of the tests needed to determine the viability of a donor is the twenty-four hour urine test. You can see all the details in the previous blog–just scroll down. This came with several undoable stipulations: all urine had to go directly into the prescribed bottle …[ read more ]