Enough is Enough

Jim finally came home last Tuesday after spending 27 days in the hospital. With so many ups and downs, it was finally a relief to be able to leave the hospital. While still weak, he continues to improve after almost 7 days being home. His appetite is coming back and he needs pain meds less and less.  He seems to be getting stronger each day.

He entered the hospital with a tube in his belly and came home with a tube in his back. He has a drain bag still connected to the one abscess near his kidney. He came home with 2 tubes on the left side of his chest for hemo dialysis. He came home with 2 other tubes on the right side of his chest for IV medications and blood draws. He has lost 40 lbs. He is on IV antibiotics until mid-April.  I have put my nursing skills to work once again and give him the infusions nightly.

He has started hemo dialysis at the Belleville Davita center on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons. Dialysis was something Jim never thought he would have to do. Now he has experienced both PD and Hemo. I must say that PD is so much better. It is so sad and depressing seeing all the people at the clinic needing dialysis to sustain life. Sad....

We hope to finally get back on the right track. It will take time for him to build up his strength but hopefully the transplant will be right around the corner. Let's hope because enough is enough already.