Friday, March 26, 2010

Another Update

Things are a wee bit better. We spent the day at Texas Childrens Hospital, which happens to be the #1 pediatric kidney location in the United States. Ahren got a lot of tests, had his info reviewed by several levels of doctors and made an appointment to be seen by the renal team. The good news is his kidneys are getting better, not worse. He is stable. Yeah!!! His blood glucose was still low even though he had eaten breakfast this morning and had drank some juice not 30 minutes before the blood draw. It was still low. Points to something metabolic going on and his kidneys are compensating. Oh, we also need to see an endocrinologist for the underlying metabolic issue. If there is one. Who knows?

So now we are home, Ahren is oblivious to how worried his poor parents are, and we are all set to keep a close eye on him, his urine and his blood sugar levels. Huge sigh of relief!!!

6 comments:

Deb said...

Praise God!!! We will continue to pray for the diagnosis and treatment for Ahren. get some rest and hopefully the weekend will one that is just a rut- so you can relax.

Love and hugs,
Deb and Aidan

BT said...

Just catching up and sooooo glad for this update. I will be thinking of you all, and keeping fingers crossed for continued improvement and doctor insight into what is going on.

Mamita J said...

Oh Wendy,

I'm glad things seem to be headed in the right direction. How scary for you!

Praying the doctors get to the bottom of this and it is easy to solve.

URBAN BLONDE said...

Wendy, I haven't checked in for awhile and was horrified to hear what's been happening! I haven't checked through all the comments but wondered if they checked him for Addison's disease?

Hope you get some definitive answers soon, meanwhile big hugs, positive thoughts and prayers sent your way.

Baby John's Crib said...

I'm so sorry to read about this! Saying prayers for Ahren's healing and your family. I had kidney damage last year, accidently OD'd on Motrin over the course of 2 weeks. It took 9 months, but my kidneys did fully heal - I will pray that whatever is going on with Ahren's also fully heals.

Mark and Shawna said...

Glad things are looking up....it is so scary when they are sick. Thinking of you and esp. praying that Ahren is well soon. Take care...