The Big Scan - Aria MacDonald

The Big Scan

17 Feb at 2:47 am by Anita MacDonald

Aria is having her kidneys scanned on Monday. This is like an ultrasound that you have when you are pregnant. This is a big deal for transplant. After the scan there will be another test, something about dye and taking blood test every couple of hours to see how well her kidneys are getting rid of the dye and flushing it out. This test will be done in the next couple of weeks (hopefully).

If her kidneys haven’t grown and aren’t processing waste well then we will be going to transplant soon. Soon being maybe a years time. This isn’t ideal. It is better to wait until she is stronger and bigger. The transplant is high risk. Sure she will be able to eat sooner but it would be better to wait. Anyway it is all God’s timing, if He wants it soon then so be it.

This means we will be starting fundraising soon. We have set up a bank account, please see details on the right. It is a trust account that is jointly run between the Kids Foundation and Hamish and I. It is good having a third party involved to help with the accounting and legal aspects and gives people peace of mind that an official charity is involved. So you know any donations won’t be funding Hamish’s and my next trip to Fiji (or first trip)! Jokes aside we are so grateful to the Kids Foundation, please click on the link and see the great work they do.

Also Aria’s photo album has been updated! Thanks Sharon.