7-3 8:33 am
The good news - The medication worked, yeah!. Nicki's output is great. Now they will wait to see if the kidney will continue on it's own.  The not so good news - her hemoglobin has gone down from 7.8 to 7.1 (it was 6.1 before surgery), so they are going to give her 2 units of blood. We were finaly told that she received several units during surgery. The Dr's all agree that they must find the problem as to why she is consistantly enemic. She has been as far as records go back. They have ruled out the upper gi and stomach so they will schedule some test for the lower portion when she is released. If they don't find a source they will send her to a Hemoglobin specialist to see if she is producing enough red blood cells or if perhaps they are not lasting long enough. She seems pretty down today. Hopefully the blood will perk her up.  We have to get her motivated so she will take her walks today. Her Dad is good at that.