MamaG

Wahoo! Congrats on the successful transplant. You must all be thrilled. Such an amazing Aunt, I'm always astounded at the generosity of living donors.

Many transplant patients receive a low dose 5-10mg per day to lower inflammation in the body. There are certain situations and centers which have no prednisone protocols but I think they are for the very young, the very old and ones with optimal antigen matches. Prednisone lowers inflammation in the body and may be needed so your son's immune system stays "quiet". If you are with Mayo they will do biopsies to see if the outer lining of the transplanted kidney cells show inflammation. Inflammation is a big sign that the immune system has "found" the transplanted organ and that meds need to be increase so rejection doesn't occur. I understand your disappointment but I would absolutely listen to your team they want the best outcome for your son.

Again congrats!