Jasmine Stalker-Firth

Jasmine is back in hospital. We are still not sure exactly what is wrong with her, but we know it is not swine flu, as that test came back negative. We spent the day wearing masks in case it was though. Every time Jasmine’s nurse came into her cubicle she had to put a fresh mask on. And whenever we left the cubicle, to go to the cafe or toilet, we had to put a mask on.

During the day Jasmine’s temperature reached 39.9C (or 103.8F). She was listless and boiling up. She didn’t respond to antibiotics, or paracetamol, so in the end she had a dose of ibuprofen, which brought her temperature right down. By the end of the day she was looking much brighter.

This latest drama started on Sunday afternoon when her stent fell out. The stent is temporarily ensuring that urine flows freely out of her new kidney and prevents any blockages. She still had wet nappies, so we didn’t panic too much. We phoned the ward and arranged to come in on Monday morning for blood tests.

Monday morning everything looked fine. Monday evening we had a call saying that her creatinine had jumped to 74 from 32, so there was something wrong with Jasmine’s new kidney. We had to go straight into the hospital to repeat bloods and investigate. In the evening her temperature spiked to 39.2C, so something was obviously up. She had an ultrasound scan, which showed that there was some dilatation of the kidney, so a new stent had to go in this morning.

At this stage is doesn’t look like rejection of the kidney transplant. It doesn’t look like a urinary tract infection, or other bacterial infection, or respiratory flu type viral infection. Her x-rays were clear too. She has been on lots of intravenous fluids to keep her well hydrated and we will have to see how she gets on tomorrow.

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