{"id":87,"date":"2009-06-11T04:13:55","date_gmt":"2009-06-11T04:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carmensrunway.com\/site\/?p=87"},"modified":"2011-06-29T04:14:15","modified_gmt":"2011-06-29T04:14:15","slug":"june-11-2009-%e2%80%93-down-to-15-kidney-function","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carmensrunway.com\/site\/june-11-2009-%e2%80%93-down-to-15-kidney-function\/","title":{"rendered":"June 11, 2009 \u2013 Down to 15% Kidney Function"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Hello friends,<br \/>\nIt has been a little while since I have emailed you.\u00a0 I think the last  health news I shared, my function was stabilized. My heart is very heavy  as I just came from the specialist, a follow up from Feb. 26.\u00a0 Things  have unfortunately gotten worse.<\/p>\n<p>I had to start taking the shots as my hemoglobin count was too low.\u00a0  Basically, I am missing a hormone that produces red blood cells.\u00a0 The  shot is the hormone to be able to produce these cells.\u00a0 Well, my iron is  extremely low and without iron, I cannot produce the red blood cells.\u00a0 I  will have to have an iron fusion\u2013 an IV hooked up and iron pumped into  me.\u00a0 This will take place in the next couple of weeks.<\/p>\n<p>I have lost another 15% function and now am surviving at 15% function  in both kidneys.\u00a0 I will be educated on dialysis and transplant next  week and this will be the path that I am heading towards these next few  months.\u00a0 As the doctor said and I quote: \u201cit\u2019s just bad luck that things  have gotten worse.\u201d\u00a0 I am her second youngest patient that is going  through this.\u00a0 Getting through all of this, I will be \u201cback to my normal  self.\u201d\u00a0 I cannot wait to get there!<\/p>\n<p>I ask that you be patient with me in terms of committing to anything-  whether it\u2019s getting together for lunch or hanging out, or whatever.\u00a0 I  am taking things not only one day at a time; it seems like a half day.<\/p>\n<p>I also ask that I not be flooded with phone calls\u2013 currently, my  phone is not working for one. Secondly,\u00a0 I have had a sore throat most  of the week and have stayed off the phone.\u00a0 Third, I am still processing  things and don\u2019t feel like talking right now.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for all of the prayers\u2013 it means so much to me to have so  many people praying!\u00a0 I promise to keep you all informed of my progress.<\/p>\n<p>Carmen<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello friends, It has been a little while since I have emailed you.\u00a0 I think the last health news I shared, my function was stabilized. My heart is very heavy as I just came from the specialist, a follow up from Feb. 26.\u00a0 Things have unfortunately gotten worse. I had to start taking the shots<br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/carmensrunway.com\/site\/june-11-2009-%e2%80%93-down-to-15-kidney-function\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carmensrunway.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carmensrunway.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carmensrunway.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carmensrunway.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carmensrunway.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carmensrunway.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88,"href":"https:\/\/carmensrunway.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87\/revisions\/88"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carmensrunway.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carmensrunway.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carmensrunway.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}