Acute Kidney Rejection only God got me through this storm
This is the point of my life that has change my life forever. I don’t care how anyone feel Im living for God spreading his miracle & testimonies across the world. Am I perfect no not at all. But at the end of 2018-2019 my kidney function kept going up and down I would go to work do my duty even when I don’t feel well. My blood pressure was high I would take chances to work for months my blood pills wouldn’t no longer keep my blood pressure under control. I’m proud of my strength especially with my career everyone not built for it.
I would do my monthly labs I noticed my kidney started jump up more and more 3.1 to 3.8! Then June it started going into the 4 range I’m oh God I guess my kidney ran its course. Statistics shows an average donated kidney lasts 10 years. My transplant team also agreed they believe it was the end of my kidney. I went to pre transplant started my work to be put back on the list. During all of this I was still going to work. In July I noticed my legs started to swell by the end of the day of me doing my route at work. I was starting to get short winded at times. I started having nose bleeds. I kept going I was tired all the time.
July 21 I felt sick with headaches & dizzy spells, I went to urgent care they checked my blood pressure it was 179/99 then it would go up to 186/112 they did labs to check my kidney function my labs came back my kidney function was 4.8 my kidney enzymes was super high basically I was in kidney failure with a blood count of 7.7 I needed a blood transfusion. My heart drop they contact my transplant team let them know I was on the way. I was walking out the door I got weak I fell to my knees in hard tears like God what’s going on I prayed to you everyday about not allowing me to go back on dialysis.
I drive my self to Jackson Hospital that was the most blind drive I had I don’t even know how I made it the hospital. I was in total denial. They got my blood pressure down. Discharge me my kidney wasn’t functioning well. I was home kept going to my pcp because my blood pressure was getting worse it started running in 190/100 she to have to give special blood pressure pill that’s very powerful that supposed to bring your pressure down in like 30- 45 minutes. My blood would drop but still be high.
July 26, 2019 is the morning I never forget I woke up my left side of my head and face was hurting I brush my teeth put on water for my oatmeal attempting to get dressed for work. Thank God I went to school for Medical Assistant I checked my own vitals signs respiration pulse. Everything was out of whack I put on my blood pressure center the telescope under my cuff I pump it I released the air pressure to listen out for my heartbeat as soon I released I heard my heart beat at 220/110 I lay in the bed to relax. 15 minutes I checked again I heard this time at 222/120 I freak out call emergency. They came they got the same reading they rushed me to North Shore Hospital I got to ER my blood pressure was death city
They did my blood work something Doctor walk in put a chair next to me grab my hand in said I’m sorry to tell you but your in End Stage kidney failure. The world stop I temporarily lost my mind I had a nervous break down I was crying talking out my head for 2 hours you could have heard my cries through the ER. I couldn’t bare to call my mom tell her this news my co-worker called her for me. My mom that’s my rock my ride or die my best friend I hate to see or hear my mom cry.I heard her cry coming through the ER even though I had snap I got my emotions together for her in told I’m sorry I failed you I felt like a failure because I all want is my family to be financially good so we don’t have to depend on nobody I remember watching my mom struggle to take care of me & my brother. My brother was away in college she would sacrifice sending my brother money in we would eat country old school meals like tomatoes and rice bacon for meals but we got full food was still put on the table regardless.I heard her cry coming through the ER even though I had snap I got my emotions together for her in told I’m sorry I failed you I felt like a failure because I all want is my family to be financially good so we don’t have to depend on nobody I remember watching my mom struggle to take care of me & my brother. My brother was away in college she would sacrifice sending my brother money in we would eat country old school meals like tomatoes and rice bacon for meals but we got full food was still put on the table regardless.
They transported me to Jackson Hospital by the evening I got on the floor my head was hurting so bad I never experienced I went crying up to the nurses I passed on the bedroom floor I vomited everywhere I thought I was going to die that night. The nurses & Special ICU nurses rush me to CT scan I got nervous it was like 8 of them. The CT scan came back normal for 5 days I lived in misery sleeping with room dark towels over my head blocking light I felt rude I couldn’t talk to my doctors when they do rounds because any sound hurt my head.So they had started me on aggressive rounds of steroids my kidney was barely dropping. Then they started me on heavy chemo treatments for kidney transplant patients it wipe out your immune system. I had allergic reactions it took them to run my chemo for 8 hours vs 4 hours. 08/06/2019 they had to put in a temporary catheter in the left side for my chest they started me on Plasmapheresis the first treatment I was nervous but it was okay they had to replace my plasma with new plasma to kill out my antibodies. Most of my treatments I had to get plasma transfusions I had allergic reaction my 4 treatment it was horrible. But it was expected, but Plasmapheresis saved my life in my the doctors was shock & shamed the devil. My kidney function went from 5.2 to 2.3. My kidney is doing wonderful.So they had started me on aggressive rounds of steroids my kidney was barely dropping. Then they started me on heavy chemo treatments for kidney transplant patients it wipe out your immune system. I had allergic reactions it took them to run my chemo for 8 hours vs 4 hours. 08/06/2019 they had to put in a temporary catheter in the left side for my chest they started me on Plasmapheresis the first treatment I was nervous but it was okay they had to replace my plasma with new plasma to kill out my antibodies. Most of my treatments I had to get plasma transfusions I had allergic reaction my 4 treatment it was horrible. But it was expected, but Plasmapheresis saved my life in my the doctors was shock & shamed the devil. My kidney function went from 5.2 to 2.3. My kidney is doing wonderful.
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