Received July 22:
Church family,
First and foremost, thank you for your prayers, thoughts and concern for my family. I know I spoke with many of you Sunday evening concerning my brother's health situation and so I wanted to take a few minutes to update you.
Thomas is still in the hospital and will be there at least a week. Saturday evening they inserted a port and began dialysis. He underwent a second round of dialysis on Sunday evening. Yesterday, they did not do dialysis in order to evaluate whether or not the kidney was going to begin functioning on its own again. This morning when I spoke with him he said that his kidney function had not improved and his creatinine level was not improving. They were going to run a series of tests today to determine whether or not his bladder was pushing urine back into his kidney and continue to monitor his creatinine and BUN levels. He will begin dialysis again tomorrow.
Social Services was coming to meet with him today to discuss his eligibility for disability and he was talking with the kidney specialist about the next steps if his kidney function does not improve.
All in all, we are still in the "wait and see" time frame. My mom and brother and I have all discussed the possibility and probability of permanent dialysis and transplantation.
Please continue to pray for Thomas and his wife Tammy as they navigate this scary and uncertain time.
Thank you so much for your love and support! Daniel and I are blessed to have such a terrific church family!
Blessings,
Gloria
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Thomas is having a permanent dialysis catheter inserted today.
The surgery is scheduled for Tuesday, July 29th. He will receive dialysis through the temp. on Saturday and Monday.
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