It should be a good night. Two things that they will be watching tonight: her urine output and her fever. She has had a fever all day. It comes down when she gets Tylenol but then spikes back up to about 38.9 ish as it wears off. They took blood and urine cultures to check for possible infection. Hopefully it is just her body's way of reacting to the surgery and changes going on in her body.
The urine output has been declining every hour so they first gave her a 100 ml boulis of saline and are now doing 200 mls more. They will continue to increase her fluid intake so there is more urine to put out. Hopefully that kidney will keep on keepin' on and get that fluid out of there!
Depending on what her oxalate level is tomorrow, Claire will have dialysis in the morning. The doctors fully expect she will need it but the oxalate level will confirm.
Hopefully it will be a quiet night for Claire and a slightly more restful night for the rest of us. We could certainly use it! There's hopeful talk that they might even take the breathing tube out tomorrow if things continue to go well. How GREAT that would be!!
What a great transplant day!!
Thanks again for the happy, healing, healthy vibes we feel from all around the country!
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Hope you all have a good night sleep. Been thinking of Claire all day and praying for all of you.
I'm glad things are going well! Will continue to pray for sweet Claire and your family!
My good wishes for Benson and Claire. From Haslina, Malaysia
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