On Hemo for awhile

[JLM]

I had a hernia operation on the 17th and now it's Hemo until I heal.  The first time on the 19th went bad then got worse.  The catheter inserted at my chest was  not working and the tech had to cut stitches and unkink the tubing, there were alarms after alarms, until it finally started to work.  Then there were more alarms, but finally it was doing what it was suppose to do.  There I told them I wasn't feeling well and had to throw up.  I heard the tech say that my Blood Pressure was 70 over something (I didn't catch the number).  They pumped fluid back into me and a while later I got sick again, again low fluid.  After getting me stable the session was ended early.  On leaving the unit I ask that we not have so much fun The next time I come.  SECOND TIME  After getting hooked up there were so many alarms I lost count,  THEN my blood clotted in the machine.  They had to restart everything except the time and things were going smoothly.  My neph has told me that they were only going to clean the blood and not take off any fluid.  WELL guess what? They were taking off a liter of fluid and I crashed .  The top number went from 150 to 96 in about 10 or 15 minutes.  This time it only was the dry heaves.  The treatment was finally over.  The third one is tomorrow,  The tech said it was going better, the 1st time I was sick twice and the 2nd time was only once.  I still don't want to have so much fun.  PD is a breeze!!!!!!!!!

[natnnnat]

I hope you get a clear run tomorrow, this sounds terrible.  Sounds like  you better double check they aren't taking fluid off from now on, especially if you encounter different staff tomorrow.

[Sydnee]

I hope there were not problems today.
How did it go?

[JLM]

THIRD session:  They start to flush the catheter and I had so much pain in my right shoulder that went all the way down to my wrist.  My right shoulder had been useless since the surgery and I was forced to become a lefty.  Anyway, they could not flush the catheter and stopped and brought me back to my room.  Then I went to Radiology to have a new catheter inserted above and closer to my neck than  the previous one.  There was no orders to take the first one out.  Back to the Dialysis center and it went very well after that.  The nurse got orders to remove the first catheter.  My neck area on my right side looks like I was in a cat fight now!  With CCPD I hardy never had fluid gain, but I sure did with the Hemo.  There were times I thought they were out to kill me, but us female cowboys are tough!!!!!!!  I'm home now, back on PD and working to remove the extra fluid I had gained while in the hospital.  The last week I was there I was on Oxygen because my saturation was 88 instead of my usual 98.  I had a 93 so I didn't have to come with oxygen on me.  Friday night was rough.  Nine thirty at night I blew chunks after not eating since lunch and a small Frosty on the way home about 3 pm.   Please God keep my body on PD until You want it back.......

[cassandra]

I'm sorry to here about all that misery you had to go through. And very glad you're home now.
I hope you're soon back to your previous self.

take care Cas

[lmunchkin]

JLM, been thinking of you all day.  I sure hope things get smoothed out soon.  Hang in there!  When my John couldnt do PD anymore and went in-center hemo, we hated it because we were so use to being home.  Fortunately, there was NxStage!  We are home again.

Keep us posted on how it is going.

God Bless,
lmunchkin

[JLM]

I am home with a speedy recovery from the hernia surgery.  Three weeks instead of the projected 4 weeks.  .  God is good!

[lmunchkin]

Yes maam, HE IS.

lmunchkin

[JLM]

I have been having a nagging little cough at night and couldn't stay in bed.  I would got to bed, then later get up and kick back in the recliner for a while, then back to bed, then back in the recliner.  Last night, on my own, did a "traffic light" treatment.  One RED, one GREEN and one YELLOW.  At least that is what I called it.  Had a restful night and slept until after 8 am.  My ankles looked normal this morning.

[Joe]

Way to go JLM!  We folks that do PD have that kind of control over our treatment. It's one of the reasons I like PD so much.