1. Lab Services just off of Emma near Lincoln Way opens at 7 a.m. and this morning I dashed out of the house as soon as I could and arrived for labs shortly after 7.
I walked up to the check-in counter and it was like I was regular at the neighborhood bar -- only I'm a regular at the lab. Ha! The woman who checked me in didn't need to ask my name, only needed to know my date of birth, and she told me I was one of several transplant recipients who come in on a regular basis.
That was kind of fun and my blood draw went smoothly -- today's phlebotomist also recognized me as a regular with the words "you know the drill".
After completing my lab business, I treated myself to a chocolate croissant -- it was heavenly. -- and a superb latte and soon blasted back to Kellogg.
2. The plumber couldn't come today -- I held out only the slimmest of hope that he might have an unexpected opening -- so I didn't use the kitchen sink once the whole day and creatively figured out ways to get around it. No problem, but I'll be glad when it gets fixed -- the plumber will arrive Wednesday morning at 7 a.m.
3. Not being a pro when it comes to kidney transplants, I'm not sure how to read all the test results that came back late this morning and early this afternoon, But, I am familiar with reading the results of the renal panel and the levels of minerals in my blood that the docs test for outside the renal panel.
Today's results look stable and good. At least at the blood filtering level, my kidney is doing a fine job.
I go to the transplant clinic at Sacred Heart on Thursday, July 24th and I'll see what Dr. Murad (most likely) has to say about the protein in my urine and see what insight he has about how the treatment of rejection is going -- and will he want to continue with weekly labs? How soon will he want to see me again?
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