hello everyone! last week i started going to my bible class more regularly. my blood pressure went up a little bit but it shouldnt be a big problem unless it doesnt go down again. also me grandma and my sister and i are making hats for a hat contest. last saturday my friends from school surprised me and we went to dinner and went shopping!!! then we went to one of my church dances. then my mom brought all my dialysis equipment to my friends house and i hooked up there and my mom slept over there with me! hah! my friends were able to see me and understand what went on during my dialysis. it was so good to see all my friends again! i probably wont be blogging that often until more news from doctors get back and after i go to my clinic which is when i visit with my docs and they tell me whats going on with my body then i will update everyone again!

this is continued from the- four great nights of dialysis in a row;however a few nights ago at the beginning of dialysis it was extremely painful and pinching very uncomfortably. iam getting better and better each day! i am also catvhing up in my classes and have been trying to go to my seminary(bible class) at least once a week. i love all of you adn thank you for all the comments and concerns!! love love
karina

hello hello! well last week i worked hard with my tutor so that i could get friday off with her since nicolle my sister had thursday and friday off. on wednesday i went with my parents to parent teacher conferences and we figured out how i wuold be graded and how everything else will work out. then on thursday my moms mom flew in from utah and left earlier today. it was so good to see her and i think it was good for her to see me:)! then later that evening i went with my dad and nicolle to the soup kitchen in denver for one of nicolles club(amnesty international). we helped pick up food trays and wiped tables, it was such an experience of a lifetime! so incredible to be serving and just loving others! then the next night us three, my dad and sister and i went to a jazz concert to see mindy abaire play saxaphone at the soiled dove underground, then we went to dinner. it was so fun. the next night on satruday i went to a barndance and had fun! it was quite a weekend! also on saturday we went to my dads parents house in golden and nicolle and i went through furs and dresses and vintage hats and jewelery of my grandmas and had fun dressing up! on sunday after church my grandma and my parents and i went to on a drive in teh mountains. ive continued to keep giving myself shots 2wice a week. also we have had four great

Well, I had Clinic this week and my levels are improving and i can now have peanut butter and/or chocolate two times a week (that is really great news!) I have another medication added to my list; Vitamin D. Now i take about 5 pills at night and 4 in the morning. At the hospital i met a 15 year old boy who has been on home dialysis since last April. He told me about a camp during the summer for "kidney kids" that i might be able to go to next summer. It was really nice to talk with someone else who has gone through the same thing that I am going through. I was able to attend a religious class (seminary) again, which was nice. Friday night i attended the HHS Homecoming Game, but it got cold so my sister and I and a few friends drank hot chocolate and watched Pocohontas. Then, yesterday, i went to a fun fondue party at my friend's house. I am still working hard at catching up in school. My tutor is a very nice lady.

Hello, this past week I started with my tutor from school. I get a lot of work from my teachers but my tutor is really nice and whenever i don't feel well I don't have to do the work. I had my blood drawn for the labs and we hope that my hematocrit level goes up. I feel like I've had my blood drawn everyday but I'm getting used to it. My dialysis has been going well but the past few nights the low drain alarm has been going off which means that it hasn't been pulling enough fluid out of me, it sometimes pinches me when that happens and it's extremely uncomfortable for me. On Friday night I went to the Jamnesty benefit concert for the Dalit freedom network that my sister Nicolle was in charge of. After that I had fun playing night games with my friends, it seems when I'm with my friends i forget about all of this for a little bit. My dance teacher invited me to help assist her teach a pre-k dance class. It was really cool to be back at the studio and see all my old friends. On saturday morning I got a great surprise. My cousin Angela flew in from Utah to be with me this weekend. We went to see a movie last night, it was so fun to be with my cousin. Today we watched 3 musicals we also made chile rellenos. Tomorrow we go to the childrens hospital for clinic to talk with my nurses and doctors to review my progress and theropy.