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Old Mon Dec 19, 2011, 12:23 AM
Dre's Wife Dre's Wife is offline
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He had a round of ATG then he was on cyclosporine. However, the cyclosporine caused his calcium levels to increase and he went into kidney failure. As a result, the cyclosporine was stopped and he had to be on dialysis to give his kidneys a rest and hopefully restart them. The dialysis worked and now his kidneys are functioning fine. So now the doctors have started the cyclosporine again. They started with a low dosage and are slowly increasing it while paying close attention to his calcium levels. In addition to everything else, my husband has an infection that keeps lingering around to different parts of his body. One of those infections is an old IV site that became infected. He has had three surgeries and isn't healing as fast as expected due to AA. He has even had pneumonia! Our life has been a roller-coaster ride since the end of September!!
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Erica, husband Andre age 34 was diagnosed with AA in September 2011; treated with ATG and cyclosporine; currently awaiting BMT
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