I admitted my Mother on 3/26/09 to the hospital. There were several doctors invovled. She had 3 pints of blood given on the next day and several routine ultrasounds, cat scans, blood tests, etc... They informed us the blood tests could take up to a week for results. They started dialysis on Saturday 3/29. Finally on Thursday of next week they recieved the last blood test result and determined she had Wegeners. I was relieved because now we knew, but had hoped for some encouraging physical recovery. She left the hospital and went to skilled care and is still there. Dialysis 3 days a week, but her appetite is nothing and she just wants to be in bed. I have requested they take a look at her blood count again for the possibility of a another blood transfusion. They have been doing blood tests every week at dialysis.
Back to the beginning, she was diagnosed with Rheumatoid arthritis in July of 2007. Was taking Methotrexate until about 10/2008 then her symptoms went away so we stopped the meds. Late november to early December she went to the doctor for a ear infection and sinusitis. The doctor said it was the worst ear infection he had ever seen in an adult. We were in and out of the doctors office for this, taking several rounds of antibiotics, until March 2009. Then finally the urgent care clinic decided to draw blood.
I would appreciate maybe a timeline for the process after starting the drugs, prednisone, cytoxan and batrim. She just does not seem any better.
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