Journal entry by Allison Yonkman —
Friends and Family,
We continue to praise God for a successful kidney transplant for Mallory!!! What a huge answered prayer that everything went so smoothly. She had her surgery on the 10th and she has been recovering in the hospital. She is recovering nicely, although it has been quite uncomfortable for her. Today is the first day she has been able to walk the halls with some assistance and practice some stairs. Her doctors think she should be ready to go home tomorrow--and Mal is ready! She's looking forward to continuing her recovery process in the comfort of her own home.
A day after surgery, she had a special visit from her donor, Megan (along with her mom and husband). What an incredible moment--many tears shed! We are blown away on how generous her donor was to give such an amazing lifesaving gift! We're forever grateful to her! She is also recovering nicely from surgery and was released from the hospital a couple days post-surgery.
The new kidney is working beautifully! Her new creatinine level is 1.03 which puts her in normal and healthy range!!! Praise God! To put it into perspective, her level before surgery was 5.8. She will continue to take anti-rejection medication to help her body accept the new kidney.
We are still so mind blown on how smoothly everything went. Through this entire process, Mallory never needed dialysis. Her numbers remained just high enough to where she didn't need it. God is so faithful. We are incredibly thankful for the prayers and support that she has received through her kidney disease journey leading up to this point. What a blessing to have such an amazing support system surrounding her! THANK YOU!!!
Please continue to pray for her as she has a long road of recovery ahead. We will continue to post updates as needed.
Sincerely,
Mallory's Family
We continue to praise God for a successful kidney transplant for Mallory!!! What a huge answered prayer that everything went so smoothly. She had her surgery on the 10th and she has been recovering in the hospital. She is recovering nicely, although it has been quite uncomfortable for her. Today is the first day she has been able to walk the halls with some assistance and practice some stairs. Her doctors think she should be ready to go home tomorrow--and Mal is ready! She's looking forward to continuing her recovery process in the comfort of her own home.
A day after surgery, she had a special visit from her donor, Megan (along with her mom and husband). What an incredible moment--many tears shed! We are blown away on how generous her donor was to give such an amazing lifesaving gift! We're forever grateful to her! She is also recovering nicely from surgery and was released from the hospital a couple days post-surgery.
The new kidney is working beautifully! Her new creatinine level is 1.03 which puts her in normal and healthy range!!! Praise God! To put it into perspective, her level before surgery was 5.8. She will continue to take anti-rejection medication to help her body accept the new kidney.
We are still so mind blown on how smoothly everything went. Through this entire process, Mallory never needed dialysis. Her numbers remained just high enough to where she didn't need it. God is so faithful. We are incredibly thankful for the prayers and support that she has received through her kidney disease journey leading up to this point. What a blessing to have such an amazing support system surrounding her! THANK YOU!!!
Please continue to pray for her as she has a long road of recovery ahead. We will continue to post updates as needed.
Sincerely,
Mallory's Family
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