Benson and Claire were born with a rare genetic disease in which their liver produces too much oxalate--called primary hyperoxaluria. Claire's condition has progressed much faster than Benson's. She was on dialysis since she was 3 months old and for much of that time, did dialysis 3 hours a day, 6 days a week. She receive a much needed kidney / liver transplant on December 18, 2009. It is expected Benson will eventually need similar transplants.

Friday, March 2, 2012

results

Claire's liver doctor called today. He said the results from the biopsy showed inflammation in the liver and minimal rejection. They are doing some further tests on the sample that will hopefully give them more information about the rejection. Most likely, it will be treated with increased immunosuppressant drugs...but we will wait for the results of these other tests to come back on Monday before the doctor decides what to do.

Darn. Should be a good weekend, though! Claire's feeling great and is completely back to herself.
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Grandpa Terry and Diana said...

Hopefully things will work out in Claire's favor.

March 3, 2012 at 9:53 PM

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