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Originally Posted by TxVicki  Brenda checking in to see how your hubby is doing?? |
Thank you so much for asking. It is funny you ask, I was just getting on here, after a very long time. I, at times, get on here and get my fix, of YT. not posting and getting back off. Mike is doing pretty good. He is progressing well as far as the liver issue. He has been going back and forth to George Town in Washington D.C. He has been seeing the transplant Docs there. He had to get drained again on Tuesday and Thursday he had an upper endoscopy with banding of any varices. Thank goodness he did not have any that they wanted to band because they were small. They are like varicose veins in the esophagus. If he had any they can again rupture and he could bleed very bad. That is what happened about 5 years ago, when this all started. At his last visit ,at Georgetown, They said he is Stable. Thank goodness. His labs are still in the normal range, so he can not be put on the transplant list. Now the newest issue Mike is having is, He is in stage 5 kidney failure. Because of the medication he needs to take to try to keep the fluid from building up is again damaging his kidneys. I had no idea he was listed as having kidney failure until his draining on Tuesday and they gave me his discharge papers and it was listed on the papers. I thought I was going to get sick. I did not and will not let Mike know about this. I thought to myself, I have to get on Yorkie Talk and ask for prayers for Mike. I know Mike is where he is now because of all of the prayers from friends and most importantly yorkie talk. He needs all of the prayers he can get. I am hoping his kidney function improves now that the Doctor has taken Mike off of some of the meds that has caused this. I will here from his Dr next week. Mike is feeling pretty good , he wanted to go for a ride today so we spent the day out riding around. We went to Dover Delaware and went to Dinner. He said he really enjoyed spending the day with me. Bless his heart. He is going 3 times a week to PT and doing good with that. He is walking with a walker and making two trips around the clinic at PT. He is come a long way since my last post. It has been pretty busy around here with Mike . I am sorry I have not posted in a while, but I will keep you updated. Thanks again and enjoy your summer.