Tuesday, July 17, 2007

New Lab Results

So Big Bird had blood work done yesterday. His nurse emailed me this morning. He has a new MELD Score of 22. He is #3 in his blood group.

Since I actually have the lovely lab results here are what they look like:

Creatinine = 1.1
Albumin = 3.2
Prothrombin time = 14.8
INR = 1.6
Bilirubin, Total = 11.3
Sodium = 140

Lots of scary numbers. His Bili actually is really good right now, surprisingly. He started having lots of joint pain yesterday, he had grown used it to I guess, cause he wasn't complaining too much this morning.

Big Bird is having some tests done on Friday, so hopefully we will know what the cirrhosis is like in his liver and how bad the scaring is. We are hoping that maybe they will be able to drain some bile as well, that would help with the itching, but who knows.

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***BREAKING NEWS- Big Bird had his Liver Transplant on Wednesday December 12, 2007***

Adventures in Big Bird's Liver World is an account of the daily adventures, trials, frustrations and workings of living with PSC. My brother, aka Big Bird, was diagnosed with PSC in 2000, after battleing UC for many years. He was listed for a transplant in May 2007. We now await the infamous "call". In the mean time, this is where we vent, poise questions and ramble about life, doctor appointments, illness, good days & bad days.