We saw Dave's kidney doctor today.  Dave's bloodwork is stable.  And his actual gfr is 35.   Which isn't great, but much better than his estimated gfr of 22.  

A gfr of 35 is technically is stage 3b kidney failure.   So stage 1 is. You have kidney disease but your kidneys are working fine (a gfr of 60 or better).   Stage 2 = gfr of 50-60.   Stage 3 gets split into 2 categories (3a and 3b).  3a is a gfr of 40-50 and 3b is 30-40.  Stage 4 is a gfr of 20-30.  Stage 5 is end stage kidney failure and a gfr of 20 or below.   

At one point Dave's gfr was 5.   

So where do we go from here....  doc wants to see him back in a month.  If everything stays the same or better, we move to every 3 month appointments.

Wahoo!