Dad is admitted to hospital again

[Roxanne610]

Hello everyone,
Dad went to the Dr's today to check his fistula and they ended up admitted him.  He is weak and dehydrated again....This is so terrible seeing him suffer like this its so not fair....






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[wrandym]

So sorry to hear that, Roxanne.  Hope he levels out soon and gets to feeling better

[monrein]

Sending hugs to you and your family Roxanne.   

[thegrammalady]

  hopefully he'll be home soon

[willieandwinnie]

  Roxanne. I hope they can help him. 

[Sluff]

I will pray that he gets better.

[Ang]

if  he's  dehyddrated, its  most  likely  got to  do  with


fluid  removal  and  body  weight,which  in  turn  can  screw  up  his  fistula

[paris]

Praying your Dad starts to do better.  Take care of yourself during all of this.   

[Run8]

Sorry to hear that Roxanne, hope your dad starts to feel better soon. And take care of yourself.

[Roxanne610]

Hello,,,we just got home from the hospital we were told they are going to start Dialysis tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  We are praying this will help him he looks terrible,he is slowly dying and it  is so sad words cant describe the hurt my family and me feel....

Today he went to the doctor and when he saw him today for his appointment for his fistula he took one look at him and said he has to get admitted....He is sooooo very week it doesnt even look like my dad which im so upset about!!!!!!!!  He also is getting these weird hiccups  they are saying from the kidneys?  Also he has a very sore throat anyone familiar with those symptoms???

Pray everyone we need it bad we are so scared I will just die if anything happens to him!!!!!!!!! Also will it hurt him tomorrow being its his first time?  And how will he feel afterwards any words of hope will be so appreciated.  You all are so nice and I just wanna thank you for being there to answer my questions!!!!!!!!!!!  ITS SO SCARY

[Run8]

Hey Roxanne, are they using his fistula or does he have a cath.? If he is using his fistula they could always use Cream or spray to numb the area. Other than that it doest hurt just gets boring sitting there for that much time. Have himtake a good book or movie. As far as the hiccups, i had them once for the whole Day, boy it hurt.

[monrein]

The hiccups and the sore throat CAN be from the kidney disease Roxanne  Starting D is tough but it is really what your Dad needs in order to start back on the road to feeling a bit better.  Everything won't be magically better after just one dialysis though because it will take several treatments over a bit of time to clear away the toxins that have been building up.   It took me about a month to start feeling better but we're all different and you Dad may take longer.  The main thing to remember is that without dialysis he will die but with it he has a chance to recover, not to perfect health because dialysis only replaces a fraction of our kidney function, but hopefully to a person you can recognize as your Dad.

This is very very hard Roxanne and we know how much you love your Dad.  I'm sure it's torture for him too, knowing how much your whole family is suffering. 
 

[jessup]

Hey mate
Hang in there
Your story sounds similar to my Dad's.
I really thought Dad was dying when he had his kidneys removed
Now - 6 months later - he looks heaps better and feels heaps better.
Monrein said it so well

Starting D is tough but it is really what your Dad needs in order to start back on the road to feeling a bit better. Everything won't be magically better after just one dialysis though because it will take several treatments over a bit of time to clear away the toxins that have been building up. It took me about a month to start feeling better but we're all different and you Dad may take longer. The main thing to remember is that without dialysis he will die but with it he has a chance to recover, not to perfect health because dialysis only replaces a fraction of our kidney function, but hopefully to a person you can recognize as your Dad.

This is very very hard Roxanne and we know how much you love your Dad. I'm sure it's torture for him too, knowing how much your whole family is suffering.
 

Stay strong and think positive 
My thoughts and wishes to your Dad, you and family
 

[Roxanne610]

Thanks everyone for your thoughts and kind words.  Well today they started the dialysis but they only cleaned the blood not fluids, but yet he doesnt have alot of fluid it seems. No change yet but we didnt expect it...  The poor guy now has thrush in his throat which is sooooooooooo painful....So untop of not being able to eat now his poor throat is killing him to even take his medicine but he does it...      My dad the trooper!!!!  Whats so sad is he lost more weight he now weighs 121lbs....at 5'11 he was skinny skinny at 131 pounds you cant even imagine how skinny he is now....Its so terrible...
 
Tuesday he goes for a liver biopsy because they are scared that his liver transplant is either in rejection or being damaged from the hep c...So we need some big prayers everyone please pray that it will only be rejection the drs can control that with steriods if its the other we are in lots of trouble...

[Sluff]

Prayers for better days ahead.

[cris]

Roxanne,
This is a tough time. Pray, pray hard. Your family is in my prayers tonight. Our family have been in your shoes. The thing that really made us survive is lots of prayers, love and tons of questions to the doctors and being very keen on what the nurses, doctors and medicines were doing to Mom. Just don't take anything what they say, kidney disease is a very special, i would say treacherous disease, it can break anyone if you let your guard down. But with the strength that your Dad has, I am sure he will be good soon.
love,
cris

[Roxanne610]

thanks oh you best belive we are up with the doctors and nurses,,, i usually terrorize them by all the information I wanna know from them and then when I hit them with all the information I know if i dont feel there doing something right..i totally agree with you......you have to be aware of everything the drs are doing....