Jim had is first clinic visit on Thursday. Once a month he is scheduled for a clinic visit which consists of blood work, doctor visit and a review of his PD sheets for the month showing the amount of fluid intake and output. On each visit he gets a "report card" showing the results from his prior blood test. This week he received an "Excellent - Good Job" report card along with a smiley face sticker:
Albumin-Normal
Calcium - Normal
Phosphorus - Normal
PTH (parathyroide hormone level) - Good
Potassium - Normal
Glucose - Normal
Hemoglobin - High
Also earlier in the week he had a PET test done (peritoneal equilibrium test). This measures how quickly waste products and fluids are removed from the blood during dialysis. His current "green bags" (2.5 solution) seem to be adequate and doing the job nicely.
One more week of manual dialysis then he will begin using the overnight cycler. I must say I am very proud of the way Jim is handling the manual exchanges. He is doing a great job. I must admit I will miss the little "jiggle dance" he does at the end of his drain. Apparently swaying back and forth helps remove that last little bit of fluid during draining.
I hope Jim continues to get smiley face stickers and good results on his report card. It was even nicer to see a smiley face on Jim last night doing his exchange.....
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