Last week Jim was diagnosed with uremia. That means he hasn't been getting dialyzed well enough and the toxins in his body were making him very tired and lethargic. He was increased to 9.5 hours on his cycler at night and started a manual exchange in the afternoon. He was also given an iron infusion. This all seemed to help and he was much more alert. Back on track with walking/therapy.
Monday he experienced diarrhea and by Wednesday bad belly pain. Draining some fluids which was cloudy it was determine he now has peritonitis which is an inflammation in his peritoneal cavity. Went to the clinic and they drained him and dosed him with high doses of antibiotics. Pain still so bad we went to Barnes. Finally admitted and started iv pain meds. Pain is under control but still having cloudy bags. Waiting for results of cultures to determine what type of infection he has.
Hopefully this is the last of bumps in the road.
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