Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Jan 10 Update

Sarah's numbers were still high today.  Her methotrexate was at 0.31.  Unfortunately, there isn't anything we can do, other than let her body clear it in her own time.

In getting information from the doctors, I can piece basically how things probably happened.  The methotrexate can harm the kidneys while it is in the system.  This round probably did some damage to Sarah's kidneys.  That caused the creatine to increase as the kidneys began to be under stress trying to clear the methotrexate.  The doctors increased the amount of fluid they were pushing through Sarah.  This caused the kidneys to work harder to keep up but helped to flush the creatine and methotrexate from the system.  They have since lowered the fluid back to what it was to help reduce the blood pressure.  She did have some issues in the morning with higher blood pressure, but not too high.

She has had a good day today.  She started eating a little bit of stuff, which should help her clear things.  hopefully we will be able to head home tomorrow.

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