Friday, May 8, 2009

Dr Kim was happy and so was mom and dad.

So daddy did what everyone tells you not to do....he looked at the test results before we talked to the doctor. The outcome of that was a sleepless night since one of the test values, BUN, had gone from normal range to above normal. So dad searched for high BUN level on the internet and that was not a good idea.

Fast forward to the visit with the Kidney doctor....The BUN value was of no concern at all. This value apparently fluctuates a lot based on what you eat, how much you drink etc. The value has to be 4x what Maya had for them to even be concerned. We were very relieved to hear this great news. Her kidneys have improved slightly but the creatinine is still a tiny bit above normal. Dr Kidney wants to see her again in 4-5 months so this time we got a further extension in the test frequency. Unfortunately (or it's probably a good thing really) they will continue to follow her up to age 18 YEARS, to monitor that all is well. So dad better get used to the idea of blood draws, worrisome test results and visits with Dr Kidney.

Maya had a great time in the doctors office and played with the ear-investigation-thing and tore up all the paper in sight.



1 comment:

Peter Hansen said...

Glad to hear all is well!