Not Outta the Woods Yet

    So, Today was a long day, to say the very least.    LJ went to see his Nephrologist, and there was a lot to talk about.   I always have such a pit in my stomach whenever I have to take him to the hospital.  Its bothers me to be there for a couple reasons.  Since he was born there, and I don't feel like he got the best treatment, it's weird for me.  Then, I lost his father at the very same hospital, so, need I say more on that subject?  At the same time though, I don't like the other hospitals in our area either, so it's kind of a catch 22.  I used to love the hospital that I was recently admitted to.  That was, until I was recently admitted there, and they treated me like crap, but that's a whole other story.  Back to my baby though.
     While we were at the doctor, LJ had some blood work done, as usual.  His creatnine was down more to his level that I am use to seeing it at, which was good.  They had me give them a stool sample and they ran like a million tests on it.  They even want me to collect more.  What they did say was that from the amount that they have, there was some evidence of infection, but they can't specify what kind.  That is good, and bad.   It's not good that my Honey Bun has an infection, but hopefully now we can finally get this thing taken care of.
     On another note though, now his blood pressure is high.  I have to admit, I haven't taken his blood pressure at home in about a week and it's been fine.  Today though, it was up way above normal.  Now, I am home rechecking to be sure it's not too high so he doesn't have to be admitted over the weekend.  Lord knows I don't want that.  I wasn't even expecting this one.  The Prograf would be to thank for that, and his doctor checked a level to see if that was too high, but we won't know about that until tomorrow.  I'm thinking that just might be it because we recently bumped it up so much because the level was coming back so low for a while during recent blood tests.  I'm almost certain that's what it is, but I'm no doctor.  So we will just have to see what they say on that one.

Just one deep breath, and one day at a time!  Have a Blessed one Everybody.