I finally have some good news.
Mum is MUCH better. Her chest hast improved, her O2 level has come up to 94% on nasal prongs, she feels better and she's got an appetite
Her doctor says that her lungs will definitely improve and she won't need home oxygen. He also said that they are going to give her an iron infusion, start EPO and insert a vascath in her neck for in hospital hemodialysis to tide her over until she has the peritoneal catheter inserted and matured enough to use (it has to scar into place before use).
She is then going to have peritoneal dialysis at home and he expects that she will regain a small amount of kidney function but that it will be very short lived and she will need permanent dialysis. He thinks she will do very well on this. The biopsy showed a combination of HTN nephropathy (caused by untreated hypertension) and IgA nephropathy (caused by an immune response).
The annoying thing is her blood test last year showed a high creatinine but her GP never mentioned it or did any tests to find out the cause or even repeated any blood tests since then. We only found out about this when her consultant got copies of her blood tests from the pathology company. He also never took
her blood pressure in 2 years despite giving her prescriptions for BP meds every 6 months.
My Dad also goes to this GP (at least he DID go, but he refuses to go back now).
I can't get the smile off my face and my Dad is so relieved that he fell asleep and slept for 12 hours straight.
Regards
Chirley