Max had his biopsy on Thursday morning and everything went well with it. They were able to sedate him without having to intubate him which resulted in him waking up smiling and talking to us. He did great.
Dr. Brad and Dr. G came into the room a few hours later with the results. The second biopsy looked a lot better than the first. Max was considered to be in level 2 rejection (moderate) with the first biopsy and he is not borderline level 1 (mild). Dr. Brad told me that the pathologist had a hard time finding one aspect of the rejection on the biopsy. We were able to see the slides on the computer and there is a huge difference between the two biopsies. The first one had a lot of bluish purple dots all over it which were the bad cells that were attacking the kidney. This time around, there were very few. Very good news.
Because there was still minor rejection they went ahead and gave him another dose of the IVIG and and one more dose of IV steriods. He also got two high doses of oral steriods in hopes that this will treat the remaining bad cells. There is some confusion of whether or not there will be a sixth IVIG infusion. I am waiting for that to be cleared up and Dr. Ben will let me know the verdict later this week.
Max's creatinine is still hanging out at .5, but the doctors are now pretty certain that it's because of the high dose of Prograf (anti-rejection medication) that he's on, so they are okay with it staying at .5 while he is on this dosage.
Max is doing great. He is all over the place and doing what a typical, healthy two year old does (minus the eating).
We also have some very good news on the home front. We are officially under contract and will be closing by the end of the year. The plan is for us to rent the house back from the new home owners until March 31st. We will then move in with my parents and break ground on our new home at that time.
We're anxiously waiting to see what else November has in store for us!
Life is so good.
6 comments:
Yea! Yea! Yea!! So happy for all of you!!!!!!
Ride the wave!!!!
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Yay!
Beth he is so darn adorablle. You and Tim make great Handy Manny and Mickey. So glad to hear about the rejection being under control. We will continue to pray and if you need anything let us know. LOL, Wells Crew of 7
So glad to hear that little Max is doing well. He is just the cutest little guy! I've been following your story and will continue to do so. Prayers coming to you from West Virginia!
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