7:35pm Monday night

Today did not go well at all. We were suppose to start the dialysis training today. Emily, Steve and I took off for St. Joseph this morning in the first snow storm of the winter. Between Maryville and Savannah we saw 6 cars off in the ditch. The roads were terrible. We arrive in one piece at the dialysis center at 9:00a.m. After about 30 to 40 minutes of waiting they finally came out and said that the machine we were to train on was not working and they had been on the phone with tech support but was not able to get it going. Steve still had to have dialysis but could not get on a machine until 12:30pm. Emily had to be at work in Maryville at 3:00pm. We were either going to drive back to Maryville or call someone to come get her. Alan said he would come get her. He is such a good guy. So the 3 of us went to Perkins and sat for an hour and 45 minutes until a machine became available. Steve got started about 12:45pm.

They said today he weighed in at 117.0 when he left Friday his weight was 113.1. He had too much fluid on. At the end of the treatment today his fingers started cramping bad enough they had to get some fluid back in him. He had 30 minutes to go and his finger was killing him. Finally the brought out the chicken broth. They said if this every happens at home dissolve 1 chicken bouillon cube in a half cup of warm water and have them drink it. This puts some of the sodium back and will relieve the cramping in the the arms, legs, fingers, etc... In about 10 minutes the cramping started getting better.

We made the long drive home. Today was very frustrating. Now we are going to try to start training again on Thursday. I hope this goes better.

Christy