Saturday - no dialysis! Blood tests done at 8 am. Also injection to encourage my bone marrow to make red blood cells. We had a lovely chat with one of the senior nurses who had found out the plan for me ( as you all know I love a plan). Monday will probably be my last blood test at the dialysis unit and if I am still feeling OK I will see the consultant and will then be passed to the pre-dialysis unit. At the pre-dialysis unit they will monitor my blood probably twice a week to begin with and keep an eye on me. I will be given drugs to help with the fluid overload that I will still have as a result of my kidneys only partially working. I will also see the dietician to discuss a stricter renal diet. This all supposes that my blood results today and Monday are ok and by ok this means monitoring my creatinine levels and my potassium levels along with others. They are prepared to let my creatinine levels rise to a level which I have only reached when very poorly. This is because they have to allow my kidneys to kick into life properly and that might take a little while.

I am still trying not to be too hopeful but it is hard not to be now when everyone is telling me that it looks very likely that my kidneys are beginning to work. We still have the next few weeks to get through and that could still get quite scary.

I have had a lovely day today. Chloe and I went to Windsor and shopped. We had lunch in a Tappas bar and drank sangria. All lovely! Not at all what I would normally be doing on a dialysis day!

I am holding on tight and hoping and trusting. He is faithful no matter what the outcome of this week.