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Started this discussion. Last reply by KaTrina Slaughter Sep. 17, 2009.

 

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on thursday we are going to go have lunch and listen to jim abbot a famous baseball player speak..for the childrens hospital fun fun
March 1
lil hyde will be in my prayers on sunday and for sure on monday.. is his care page a caringbridge
February 23
we in our hospital have done pennies for kidneys and put a jar out and put candy next to it and when the staff gets candy they put money into the jar its simple and its a start we used the money to buy supplies for kidney kids in our hospital becaus…
February 19
Thank you doesn't begin to be adequate, but thanks again for another successful blood drive. I hope the tests went well and you have a chance to breathe!
February 18
We had that years ago too, but it was worth it, it gave us lots info. on when, how much and even why we were having such erratic blood pressures, it did help to stablaize things, so I hope you have the same positive outcome as we did. So glad the ot…
February 17
Sounds like some relief in the test results. Take care!!!
February 17
Ugh, we have to start our 24 BP monitoring soon too. Sounds like a pain.
February 16
Hi, Lisa I know how you feel, we are in the same boat, weining Anna off the plasma exchange, tomorrow is our last treatment, then we will just sit and wait until she gets relapse. Even last year she was getting them every month, but for the same rea…
February 16
lisa ann peterson added a blog post
good afternoon all... first i will start with the blood drive what a huge sucess it was.. thank you omak because of you 240 lives were saved. 94 people registered and 80 units of blood were collected.. how neat is that. yesterday chloe had her doct…
February 16
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February 15
Great job on the blood drive. Thinking of you guys today.
February 15
Thanks for little update, that is awesome on blood drive!!!! Will be praying for your appointment at Spokane, can't wait to hear update on it !! HUGS!!!!
February 15
Thanks for going the extra mile for a successful blood drive, especially with so much going on for your family right now. 80 units of blood collected - whoo hoooo! You folks in Omak are the best- thanks for your gifts of life.
February 15
lisa ann peterson added a blog post
well the blood drive was a huge sucess.. we had 94 people register and 80 units of blood were collected.. omak saved 240 lives.. my challenge has been a little rocky i feel like stress is playing a big role in that.. i have body analysis on wed so i…
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At 1:27pm on February 15, 2010, Jodi Kayler said…
What day is Chloe's appointment this week? Coen will be there Wed.
At 11:34pm on February 14, 2010, Linda Burke said…
Hey you! Hope you had a fabulous turnout at Chloe's blood drive on Saturday - thanks for your role in supporting Omak's folks with donating blood, offering the gift of life to others.
When you're not too busy with spinning class, give us an update please on both Chloe's blood drive and on your fitness challenge!
At 7:52am on February 10, 2010, Heather Still said…
Hey there....just looking for a Chloe update. I know she was going to the doc and was puffy/congested. Hoping all is okay :)
At 8:27am on February 6, 2010, Heather Still said…
Glad she's feeling better....what a relief for you :)
At 8:05am on February 5, 2010, Heather Still said…
Hope Chloe is doing okay. I fear the worst everytime Ryan gets a stomach bug. Hope that's all that's going on with her. Thinking of you :)
At 9:44am on January 18, 2010, Jodi Kayler said…
Whoohoo!
At 1:32pm on December 18, 2009, KaTrina Slaughter said…
Hi,
Love the pics and music!! How did you do that?? I'll have to steal that. :)
Anyway, they are wanting us to go to Washington University Hospital, in St. Louis. They are suppose to be a teaching hospital, with a huge Children's Hospital attached. :) I think Cheryl thought it was in Washington because of the name. :) I love your little girl, so precious. I'll have to read her story. Did you not love the Make a Wish trip to Disney?? When did you go? We took Syd last March when she turned 3. :)
At 7:06am on November 20, 2009, Jill Ziegler said…
Its been a looonnnnnggggg year. It all began in January. I was sick all thru Dec 08. But I work with children and thought I was just catching every bug that goes around. I ended up in our local hospital ER in early Jan 09. I had a blood clot, covered in bruises, dangerously low platelets, vomiting and BP so extrememly high. They couldnt figure anything out. All they knew was my kidneys were shutting down. After 4 days I was transferred to Barnes Jewish in STL, MO. Saved my life!!!! They did plasmapheresis treatments (which I didnt respond to, made me sicker). Through labs determined I had aHUS. So I began dialysis. Spent most of Jan in that hospital. They sent my blood work to Iowa where it was determined I had the H factor gene. We are still learning alot. You can ask me anything you want to know. I may not have the answer, but I can get it. Such a scary disease. I am only here by the grace of God. He got me to Barnes and they saved my life. They have actually saved it twice this year. I hope I can help you in anyway I can. How is yor daughter now and what happened to her?
At 1:18am on November 20, 2009, Jerry Pickle said…
Lisa, Happy to be a part of this community.
At 11:06pm on November 2, 2009, Linda Burke said…
Adorable photos!

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October 8
Do you have a friend or family member diagnosed with aHUS?
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My child ( or myself as a patient) is best described as:
Factor H (CFH) /Protein (Gene)

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lil miss chloe

good afternoon all...
first i will start with the blood drive what a huge sucess it was.. thank you omak because of you 240 lives were saved. 94 people registered and 80 units of blood were collected.. how neat is that. yesterday chloe had her doctors apt. she had an echo that looked good and an ultrasound and he said that was good as well he said her kidney is s

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Posted on February 16, 2010 at 6:11pm — 4 Comments

lisa ann peterson

blood drive and then some

well the blood drive was a huge sucess.. we had 94 people register and 80 units of blood were collected.. omak saved 240 lives.. my challenge has been a little rocky i feel like stress is playing a big role in that.. i have body analysis on wed so i will update about that then.. also my princess and i head to spokane in a few and iam incrediably nervous about all of these tests. i keep telling myself that this ahus is a dream and iam going to wake up soon and my princes

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Posted on February 15, 2010 at 12:59am — 4 Comments

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update for lil miss chloe......

busy,busy in the peterson home.. first we have a big blood drive this weekend, they wil be taking the blood on chloes bus. second lil miss had her apt on monday and he said her tonsils are large for her age and he also recomended a sleep study to make sure that it is her tonsils that are causing the sleep problems before they operate on those tonsils he said he would p
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Posted on February 10, 2010 at 10:03am — 6 Comments

lisa ann peterson

AHUS huh who knew........

you know i really think we need a handbook on how to deal with this all..lil miss sees a ENT on the 8th, then the 15th she gets an echo and infusion and bp monitoring..iam on mental overload my lil girl not only is having sleeping problems but now is wetting her pants and says she doesnt know when she has to go sometimes...i feel like iam at my mental max..we had to talk with the lady because we soon will be having a hearing for ssi that we applied for over a year and a half ago and keep getting… Continue

Posted on January 29, 2010 at 12:54pm — 5 Comments

lisa ann peterson

lil miss sunshine....

do you ever sit and wonder why??? i have been kinda in an emotional funk when it comes to my lil miss.. i should be happy we are only going once a month and her last labs looked good...but to tell you what my friends iam afraid to loose my lil miss to this disease...i pray everyday god finds a cure for our kids.. we have lost a few lil kids that we know to childhood illness just in the last month and i tell you what those kids were amazing and so were their parents..we struggle in our lives of f… Continue

Posted on January 21, 2010 at 11:13am — 6 Comments

 
 
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CFH (Serum Complement Factor H) is a regulatory protein. The secreted protein product of CFH consists of 20 repetitive units named "short consensus repeats" or SCRs (each approximately 60 amino acids). In patients with aHUS the last 5 "pearls" in the twenty pearl strand protein, SCR16 - SCR20, should bind to protect cells but do not- they are defective in one or more of the last 5 SCR locations. If they cannot bind or stick to the kidney to protect that tissue, the platelets clump into clots that affect the glomeruli of the kidney -potentially causing acute renal failure.
  
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