It will be 4 weeks tomorrow Steve has been on dialysis. With any luck we hope to do his first home treatment at the end of the week. We are anxious about getting started at home. 2 hours driving everyday is starting to wear on us. He still has the catheter in his chest. We will have to go back once he gets the ok from the vascular surgeon to use the fistula access in is arm which was fixed last Tuesday. We will have to go 6 to 9 times so he can stick his arm and form what they call button holes.

He is feeling better but they say it will probably be mid January before he will feel real good. Our appointment with KU for Dec. 11 has been cancelled. It will be rescheduled. This is the appointment to do another ultrasound on the remaining kidney. His kidney is still working but not sure how much. This test is not in yet. We are working on getting his Hemoglobin up. He is still anemic. They are now wanting him to eat lots of program, meat, eggs, etc... People on dialysis need lots of protein to keep from being anemic.


I will let you know when we get started at home. Happy Holidays!

Christy