For the past 3 nights Jim's drains have not gone well. They have been painful. That is usually a sign something is wrong with his catheter. We went this morning to get an x-ray and lo and behold, yes, his catheter has flipped again. Not sure why, especially since it was "tacked" down the last time and he does not do anything at all strenuous. We're told "it's just one of those things".
They decided to use a doctor from Belleville (Craig Smith) who has a good track record with pd caths. We hopefully will find out tomorrow how soon we can get this done and most likely will be removing his current cath and replacing with an all new one. This means no dialysis for a while and his nephrologist will determine if he can tolerate this. If not, most likely he will have to do hemo dialysis for a while. Let's hope for a speedy surgery, recovery and time to get back on track.
Oh yes.... all of this plus gout in both knees. We are heading to the dr. in the morning to hopefully get them drained. Wish us luck.
2 comments:
Oh my goodness. I had no idea this was happening. Jim was always a fun, happy guy back in the day when our kids were younger.
I had heart surgery last year and it was awful. If I could survive 46 days in the hospital at Barnes, you can do this, Jim! You will stay in my prayers. Hang in there.
Julie Wier
Thanks Julie. Keep the prayers coming
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