My wife is collecting urine. No, please don't send us any, she is only collecting her own. She has to collect all of her urine for a 24 hour period for a kidney function test. This is all part of a screening process at the St. Michael's Hospital live donor clinic.
My Brother-in-Law is suffering from advanced kidney failure due to a childhood illness, and my wife is being tested to find out if she can donate a kidney to him. Early blood screenings did not eliminate her as a candidate, so she now moves on to more intensive medical screenings. One of the concerns the medical people have is a Doctor's report in her medical file from several years ago. Her family Doctor at the time suspected she may have had a kidney stone. If so, it passed, as did her pain; no testing was done, and the diagnosis remained merely speculation. Today, the fine people at St. Mike's are concerned about that information. The urine collection test is intended to find out if that diagnosis may have been correct. If my wife has a history of kidney stones, she would be immediately eliminated from consideration as a donor. If she were to have future kidney stone problems, the reasoning goes, she might need that second kidney, so they won't leave her with just one.
The wife is of mixed emotions about the whole situation. On the one hand, the thought of giving up one of her kidneys scares the hot patootey out of her, so she is almost hoping to be eliminated by the medical testing. On the other hand, it's her brother, and she would give her left arm for him, to say nothing of a kidney. So when she feels trepidation at the prospect of donating one of her kidneys, she, at the same time, feels guilt at her reticence. OK, so those were some big words. Let's just say she's torn.
Meanwhile, a section of the refrigerator remains blocked off by yellow police caution tape, and a sign reading: Warning! This is not apple juice.
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glad you made it clear it isn't apple juice. lol
hope and pray for your wife and also for her brother . i'm sure everything will work out
Hi Paul!!!
Nice chatting with you last night! It's ok that you called me Vinni...you were pretty close...just missed the C's. Speaking of urine, my mom had to go get a ultrasound and she had to drink a lot of water and hold her pee for like an hour..drove her nuts!!!! : ) Not too offtopic : )
I wonder why Pee and Apple Juice look so similar...hmmm
Smiles!
Vincci
Sorry to hear about your brother-in-law. Recently, in my area, there was a woman who was found to be an exact match for her husband, who was suffering from kidney failure, and ended up giving him one of hers.
Kasey
http://journals.aol.com/ikoiko33/TheReturnofKaseypalooza
It's scary to try to do something like what your wife is attempting to do..I admire her very much, your family & her brother will be in my prayers.....Sandi...http://journals.aol.com/sdoscher458/LifeIsFullOfSurprises
I hope your BIL gets the necessary transplant from your sister or another donor.
Smart woman, your wife, for labeling the urine. It does look like apple juice. -=X
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