TwitterFeb 24 2010
More on Zac and his Kidney Failure . . .
So what happened yesterday to me and my site? The strangest thing… The payment I made to the site we use to host our web sites told me that I had requested their payment be disputed and charged back to me. So, crash bang all the sites were shut down. Took time yesterday and today emailing, calling, on-line chatting, and an additional $50 to fix the problem to get up and running again. I now need a letter from my bank verifying that I never challenged that charge in order to get the $50 back. So more phone time.
Update on Zac…
Monday: he woke to go to school but wasn’t feeling well. So he stayed home and I stayed with him. Healing is an up and down process. But it sure rattles one when the down comes. I feed him totally healthy all day and kept his supplements going down him. He slept a lot. My, 16 going on 17, daughter Sarah wasn’t well either, stomach bug, she sat with him for three hours while I had a meeting for our business. Came home, cooked lunch, feed them both, called the doctor to see about moving his Wednesday appointment because I had gotten work for that day, they told me that it was impossible to switch up this week. All appointments of this nature had to be on Wednesday. In the process the nurse informs me that we need to be prepared to have Zac admitted into the hospital if his blood levels weren’t improved enough. And that the doctor was fairly certain that this is what we would be doing. They would start an IV and additional meds as well as dialysis. That was a surprise and didn’t help Zac any. His good spirits slumped. And so did mine frankly. After my evening work I brought Zac here for the night. We went to bed early.
Tuesday: he stayed home again. He was much better but felt he shouldn’t go because he wasn’t in tip top shape, and he wasn’t. He wanted to rest all he could before the appointment on Wednesday and I had to say that I and his father completely agreed with him. Both Scott and I had to work so I set him up with his supplements all ready for him to take, freshly made grape juice, and food in the crock pot. I was only 8 minutes away so if need be I could be home quick as a wink. Carrying a set of 21 month old twins, but I would have been here. I stayed in contact with him a few of times via the phone and he was fine. At four I finished up and came home to take him to his appointment with his Naturopath, John Solomon Sandridge. Then back to his house where I cooked dinner and hung out with my kids, home around 10:30, got online to blog and discovered that all our sites were down. An hour plus later after doing all I could to get them running, I chatted with a friend through Facebook then went to bed… and cried.
Wednesday/today: Much crying this morning at 7, I canceled with the family I was supposed to work for, I just couldn’t get it together. I can always get it together, so this was hard for me to do. I even called a girlfriend to get her to, well, basically give me permission to be a mess and not go to work, then she prayed over me for my strength and Zac. I went back to sleep and woke up feeling much better. Strengthened by her love and prayers the only thing I was left with was a stomach full of butterfly’s when I took Zac to his appointment with the kidney specialist…
First blood work and urine sample. Then the wait…
I am more than thrilled to report that Zac’s levels were significantly improved. The doctor himself was amazed. He was so thrilled and overwhelmed he couldn’t hide his excitement. He was surprised to no end because, as he said, they really have done very little intervention so far. Just the implanted catheter and the few supplements they gave us scripts for for vitamins, they just knew that the serious step of dialysis was going to be required. We didn’t tell them that we’ve also added herbal supplements and treatments to assist his body to process the minerals better. Some things are just better left unsaid. But I did inform him that Zac has cooperated totally with the drastic diet change and has eaten more fruits and vegetables then he ever has in his life. This doctor was so overjoyed he was like a little kid that just got an A on his spelling test. He was bubbling and beaming from ear to ear and couldn’t keep himself from going out to the nurses station and canceling the room and admit papers he had processing for Zac. At one point he said, “Something you’re doing is working. Whatever it is keep doing it. These results are very significant. They still need improvement however from where we were last week till now it’s exceptional.” As he was leaving he thanked Zac for all the work he had done to accomplish these results and Zac chuckled an thank you.
Well, you know that my eyes were tear filled and I did all I could to not break down with relief during the appointment. However, after we calmly and mannerly entered the elevator and the doors slid closed I turned to Zac and shrieked, “Yes! You don’t have to go to the hospital or have dialysis. Yes! Yes! Yes!” Of course I added a few jumps and a little dance to it as well just to get all the excitement expressed. Then all the way home I kept saying, “Well, what we do works. Add what they did to it and you are on the path to well,”… “I can breath again. I don’t think I’ve breathed in days.”…”Thank God. Thank God. You didn’t go to the hospital, you’re getting well. No dialysis.” Zac, my 15 year old subdued son, didn’t say much about his excitement and relief but he did say, “I know” a lot and he couldn’t help but have a grin from ear to ear and chuckle at me most of the way home. So, it’s obvious he’s relieved and thankful.
Soooo, as the doctor said we aren’t out of the woods on Zac’s health yet. Not at all, but the hospital is not a needed option now. Zac levels need much more improving and once he regains full kidney function he will have to take proper care of himself every day as he is now. But we are certainly on our way. We have an appointment in two weeks rather than one since things are doing so well. They are still scheduling us for the dialysis and kidney transplant information sessions to have us informed just in case. And of course his blood will continue to be monitored and if there is a major reverse then we’ll have to consider dialysis again. But if we keep on the course not even the doctor seems to anticipate that outcome.
Night, love ya and thank you all for your prayers and positive affirmations, they have been felt and abundantly appreciated. Please continue.
Theresa Jane
-who is going to bed smiling 
and thankful
All I can say is YEA!