Bleeding Ulcer one week postTX
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 6:26 pm
Hello
Has anyone out there had experience or got any knowledge of treatment for a bleeding ulcer one week post TX?
My brother (FSGS) is in hospital following his second TX - the donor kidney is a good match but hasn't woken. He was meant to have a biopsy yesterday but his BP was too high. Today he had a blood transfusion and then an endoscopy to look for signs of internal bleeding. They have found an ulcer (which he had suspected weeks ago) and now he has been told that there are' difficult decisions to be made'. He hasn't asked further questions - I'm sure he cannot cope with hearing the answer. I'm guessing this means they have to treat the ulcer, thus cannot give him steroids he would need to get the kidney going .... and therefore will lose the kidney.
Does anyone have any experience of ulcer treatment immediately post-TX?
Thanks
Has anyone out there had experience or got any knowledge of treatment for a bleeding ulcer one week post TX?
My brother (FSGS) is in hospital following his second TX - the donor kidney is a good match but hasn't woken. He was meant to have a biopsy yesterday but his BP was too high. Today he had a blood transfusion and then an endoscopy to look for signs of internal bleeding. They have found an ulcer (which he had suspected weeks ago) and now he has been told that there are' difficult decisions to be made'. He hasn't asked further questions - I'm sure he cannot cope with hearing the answer. I'm guessing this means they have to treat the ulcer, thus cannot give him steroids he would need to get the kidney going .... and therefore will lose the kidney.
Does anyone have any experience of ulcer treatment immediately post-TX?
Thanks