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  • Kidney Quest: Hurry Up and Wait: Interlude
    Posted on Wednesday, June 5th, 2013 | Filed under Blog | 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 ]

  • Kidney Quest: Save the Urine–Part 2
    Posted on Sunday, June 2nd, 2013 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Kidney Quest, save the urine, twenty-four hour urine test

    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 ]

  • Kidney Quest: Save the Urine
    Posted on Wednesday, May 29th, 2013 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: 24 hour urine collection, Creatinine, Kidney, Kidney Quest, Mount Sinai, organ donation

    Not a big enough bottle for the 24 hour urine test Sunday, October 12, 2003, the day before the barrage of testing, I began the dreaded twenty-four hour urine collection. Why must we collect a full day’s worth? This test is a more accurate measure of creatinine levels. Since creatinine is a muscle by-product, the more …[ read more ]

  • Kidney Quest: Avoiding Dialysis
    Posted on Saturday, May 25th, 2013 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: dialysis, Kidney, Kidney Quest, Renal function

    A hemodialysis machine, used to physiologically aid or replace the kidneys in renal failure (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Unfortunately, Alan’s kidney function deteriorated to about twelve percent–the point where dialysis is indicated. Transplant results improve if no dialysis occurs, so our five year wait shrunk to a matter of weeks. My brother roofs. That means he spent …[ read more ]

  • Kidney Quest: Matching
    Posted on Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Kidney Quest, organ donation, the matching process

    Within a week, as promised, we had the initial results of the typing. The first measure–blood type. Prior to the “Results Show,” the DeFord audience had elected Bob by a vote of 5-1 (guess who had been the lone dissenter?). Only those with A+ blood needed to apply, as that matched Alan. Only Art and …[ read more ]

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