Let the blog see the rabbit...

Since my posts on Tuesday, a lot has happened. I went to clinic as normal on Wednesday and had bloods taken. The doctor was quite positive and said that he thought I'd just need to go to clinic at the Royal London once more before returning to the care of the Renal Unit at Southend on 10th January.

However, on Thursday morning, I had a call from the clinic, who informed me that my potassium was 6.7 and they wanted me to go into A&E at Southend immediately to have it checked. I went in at just after 11am, expecting to have bloods taken then go home. However, they took the bloods, then did an ECG. They decided to admit me to Blenheim ward because they then also wanted to do an ultrasound of the transplanted kidney to ensure that the blood flow to it was still OK.

I had to hang around waiting for a porter for quite a while, and in the end it was a couple of nurses that wheeled me up to the ward (despite the fact that I was perfectly capable of walking). Almost the moment I arrived, a wheelchair arrived to take me down to Ultrasound where I had to wait for a good hour before being seen. Fortunately, though the Ultrasound confirmed that the blood flow to the kidney was good, so I was taken back to the ward.

The blood results came back later on, revealing that my potassium was a bit lower than they had thought - 5.9 - but my creatinine was 227, so the decision was made to transfer me to the Royal London.

I then had another wait of several hours while they found an ambulance crew they could take off the road to transport me to the Royal London. Fortunately, though, my parents brought my drugs, clothes and a couple of books to read so the wait wasn't quite as dull as it could have been. I was also able to listen to I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue on BBC 7 via my bedside console.

Eventually, at about 10:15pm, a crew arrived to take me to the Royal London. When I arrived, I was given an intravenous infusion of Methyl Prednisolone, which they had given me in August to treat my first rejection episode.