I posted part of this in the rant section. My BF got chemical burns to his feet and he let it go too long and his left foot became infected. This is because he is a stubborn male who didn't think about what he was doing so yes he has blame in this situation.
He finally goes to the hospital and begins to feel better and now he is getting worse. He has been a diabetic for several years with uncontrolled blood sugar. Very little to almost no feeling in his feet for a couple of years and that is how the burns got to be so bad to begin with. The hospital has been given him some very strong antibotics (banctimiacin probably spelled wrong is one of the names I know I have heard them use) and one of the side effects it has is that it can effect the kidneys. So the first set back this week was a staph infection which put him in isolation. Now we are being told his kidneys are not functioning as well as they should be.
I have always been afraid of losing him, but now I am terrified! I know that I don't have the whole picture yet, but I hate the way the hospital is telling the story. I don't want to hear that he is getting worse and needs to stay in the hospital a few more days any more. I want him to come home with me and our kids. I want to hold him and tell him how much he means to us. I cry myself to sleep every night and because of work I can only see him about 3 hours a day and I hate it. Of course that means I barely see the kids and I hate that too!
I don't know what else they can say that won't make me say thats it he is coming home because I don't want them to find anything else wrong with him.
Thanks for anyone who can make it this far into my post!
I'm thinking about you!!! I hope he is up and about soon.
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Well his nurse practioner said his creatine (if someone can explain what this is I would appreciate it) levels have leveled out. So hopefully he will start getting better.
I try not to worry, but I get worrying honestly from my mom! But I try not to show my worry in front of my BF because no reason for both of us to be over the top with worry. If I appear calm, then he is calmer!
Creatinine is a breakdown product of creatine phosphate in muscle, and is usually produced at a fairly constant rate by the body (depending on muscle mass). It is filtered by the kidney. If the filtering of the kidney is deficient, blood levels rise. This effect is used as an indicator of renal function.
Measuring serum creatinine is a simple test and it is the most commonly used indicator of renal function. It should be remembered that rise in blood creatinine levels is observed only with marked damage to functioning nephrons; therefore this test is not suitable for detecting early kidney disease. A better estimation of kidney function is given by the creatinine clearance test, which, however, is less convenient and unsuitable as a screening test because it requires the collection of urine over 24 hours.
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Hoping that might be some use to you....
Usually if Creatine levels are raised and they cannot be brought down with the help of drugs etc, it would indicate Renal Failure and the need for Dialysis.
My mum has been a renal paitent for around 15 years now, and is currently about to go back onto Dialysis as her 2nd transplant is failing and only working at around 10%. The main indicator is that her Creatine is sky high and is not coming down despite the drugs etc.... I think it's at around 520 now. A normal range would be around 50 - 110 (sometimes a little higher for men)
don't know how much more we can handle 
