So I received an update this morning on my father's condition which paints things in a somewhat better light. After several dialysis treatments at the hospital and some improvement in his creatine levels, the Nephrologist has determined that he is in Stage 4 of Kidney Failure and therefore will be able to postpone permanent dialysis treatments for now, however most likely sometime within the next year he will eventually need regular dialysis treatments, depending on how well he adheres to a low protein diet (with my father this is not likely as he does and eats as he wants.) The better news is the Oncologist is not convinced he has cancer in the remaining kidney as he is displaying no symptoms of cancer and the tests done so far are not conclusive. They plan additional tests but are releasing him from the hospital today. This is either because they figure he has stabilized enough to be at home, or more likely the nurses on the ward have petitioned to get him sent home since he is driving them all crazy!
