Percisely.

Gage’s last two blood draws have shown a decline in kidney function. Has me a little freaked out.

We take his labs monthly (or a bit more with new med changes) to see if there are trends one way or another. Especially since a drug he is on could hurt kidney function. For this round? I personally will not consider it a trend until Dr. Wonderful says it is. Last month she said his increased creatinine number (not a good thing) "bears watching."

And because of my OCDness I will be charting his labs for the last year on an Excel spreadsheet. Then I’ll be able to tell if it’s a trend or not. Right after I run it by my miss smartypants senior high school math teacher cousin.