Facebook - 3/5/2014 - The Day After

March 5 ·

Steve is getting good rest-not me!! We got to our room around 4:00 AM. They are in here constantly. I'm good with that though. He is still mostly out of it. Has a pain pump. He will stay in bed for 8 hours then they will get him up. Even if it's just to stand up. The new kidney is from a 19 year old. Pray for that family. What's bad for them is good for us. Steve got a heathy, young kidney. The old kidneys were huge!! I was shocked. I have pics of both old and new:) I will show anyone who wants to see:) They took out his gall bladder and appendix-just in case. Don't want to have to go back in. The incision is quite long-all the way across his abdomen above his belly button. They took out the tube he used for peritoneal dialysis and put in a port by his neck just in case he needed more dialysis. Praying he doesn't then they will just pull it out. Pray for no bleeding, infection or rejection. Thank you!!!  Dana

March 5 ·

Steve slept a lot today. Only getting ice chips:( Hopefully he'll get to eat something tomorrow. He got up and sat in a chair for about 10 minutes. Did great. The nurse was proud if him. She also said Steve was a picture perfect patient. His numbers are good. Numbers that are suppose to go up, go up. Numbers that are suppose to go down, go down. Blood pressure is good.
God is doing "measurably more than we can ask or imagine." He got a young kidney and all the tissue matching/blood matching test were very good. He matched 4 out of 6. Not exactly sure what that means, but if they were matching his kidney to his brothers it might only be a 3 out of 6. Please continue to pray for the donor family as they grieve.
Thank you. Thank you.