Today was Jim's second post-op appointment at the dialysis center. Nurse Kathy did another flush. This time it went much better. We also met Michelle who will be his home dialysis nurse. We have training scheduled for the week of December 10th. At that time Michelle will come to the house and teach Jim how to do a manual exchange. This entails 4 exchanges a day each one taking about 30 minutes. It is necessary to learn the manual exchange in case of power loss and electricity for the cycler is not available.
We return to the center next Tuesday when they will watch Jim clean and change the dressing himself. Our next step then is preparing a room at home for his supplies in preparation for training.
Each day he continues to get stronger.
My thoughts...While we never hoped this day would come, it has. Maybe we were just wishful thinking he could have a transplant before dialysis. That's not going to happen. We deal the cards that are dealt us and make the most of it...and hope for the best.
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