Dan needs a kidney

This blog is for Dan Krinsky, co-chef and co-owner of Tierra restaurant in Atlanta and my husband. Dan is 52 years old and was diagnosed with Polycystic Kidney Disease in 2003. We thought that he would be able to live without complications for at least 10 more years but his kidney function deteriorated much faster and his kidneys got to the point where he needed a transplant. After two and half years and 8 potential donors, we finally got a kidney. This is our story.

Friday, June 13, 2008

Recovering from infection

Dan was released from the hospital on Tuesday afternoon. After being on IV antibiotics for the STAPH infection they felt he could come home with oral antibiotics since the strain was not an aggressive one.He has to rest and get his strength back and we have to take care of his wound, which was left open...We will have home wound care for a few days.

He had an appointment with the surgeon on Thursday and he said everything looked good and that the wound should close pretty quickly. Dan feels well but very run down. That's to be expected since he felt run down before the infection because of his kidney disease. He feels worse now but on the mend.

We have an appointment with the nephrologist on Monday morning so I will post later that day.