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When I checked in on Gran last night I found out her body is retaining over 20 pounds of fluid. Her kidneys are not working so the fluid is going into her soft tissue instead of being filtered through the blood stream. The were trying to drain the fluid but as fast as they were draining, her body was putting the fluid back on. She seemed in good spirits but she always is. As of this morning a bed had become available at the bigger hospital 30 miles away. The nurse I just spoke with said she didn't sleep much and had a rough night. She will be transported by ambulance when the kidney specialist is in and waiting on her this morning. They are putting her in the CCU unit. I wasn't really happy with the nurse I was talking to this morning, every time I was asking a question its like she was not even sure how to answer and just kept telling me at her age things start shutting down. I hope once she gets down to the other hospital the specialist will be able to find out for sure what is going on. One good thing about her being there is I know the kidney staff. My paw was down there a few years ago when he had kidney cancer and it will be the same staff taking her case. The kidney staff is good there but not to happy with the hospital in whole. I am glad she will be in the CCU unit because at that hospital if you are in a regular room there they do not have the staff to take proper care of each patient. Been there done that with 3 other grandparents, needless to say have a lot of experience with this place, (holds a lot of bad memories as well). My dad is going up there with her this morning and following the ambulance down to get her set up so it will probably be later this afternoon before I know anything else. My fever broke last night but after waking this morning I have a low grade fever again so until I am totally well I can not go down there. Thank you all so much for the comments, warm wishes, calls, txts and prayers. I really appreciate it more than you can imagine. I love my dear friends and will update again when I find out more.
