Brody's Kidney Function Remaining About the Same

Brody's kidney function labs were about the same today (Monday) as they were last week on Friday.  I was relieved that at least it did not get worse.  I am still very worried about his kidney function though.   He cannot participate in trials nor receive chemo until his kidney function improves.  

We are hoping this is more of an acute kidney injury (possibly from the stent in his ureter) rather than a chronic kidney issue.  Brody had significant bleeding from his kidney and/or bladder on Easter weekend.  We suspect it was his stent that caused the bleeding/injury to start and then the bleeding was excessive due to low platelets and low hemoglobin occuring at the same time.  This injury and loss of blood could have caused enough loss of blood perfusion to the kidney to cause significant injury.  We are hoping that if this is what has happened that he is able to recover soon.  Our doctor told us that it may take a few weeks for him to heal if this is the case.  Also, it may take even longer for the labs to reflect the healing. 

Brody needed blood today and so we spent most of our day at the hospital getting that much needed blood.  

Tomorrow we are scheduled with Dr. Cripe in Columbus, Ohio to discuss the HSV trial.  Dr. Cripe is aware of the kidney issues and will talk to us about what we can do about this situation.  We may be able to give Brody a little time for his kidney to heal and get further kidney function testing in a couple weeks.  He can't enter the trial until his kidney function is okay but it sounds like he may be able to give Brody a couple weeks to heal and then retest kidney function.