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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: General Discussion => Topic started by: Mizar on January 01, 2009, 03:18:42 PM
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My Husband was admitted to the Hospital, Six Days Ago, with Pneumonia. They are pumping Him full of Antibiotics and He is on Oxygen, 24/7. They have Him in a Large Hospital in a Major City, where they can continue His Dialysis. I'm getting frustrated, because, with Him being out of the Room, every other Day for Dialysis, I seem to keep missing the Doctors. My Husband seems very Depressed. I know that Pneumonia in Dialysis Patients is common, but He was never a Large Man and now His Weight is down to 105 LBs. This Site has helped me so much in the last Year, since His Kidney Failure occured. Please Keep my Family in Your Thoughts and Prayers.
Mizar
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:grouphug; I am very sorry to hear this news. I remember from your other posts that your husband is a fighter and that he has pulled through difficult times before. I hope that with your support he will gain his strength again and be able to go home soon. Hang in there Mizar. :cuddle;
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Good thoughts and wishes for a speedy recovery for your husband.
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So sorry to hear this news. We are here with you all the way with our caring thoughts and prayers. :cuddle;
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:grouphug; :grouphug;
It is hard when you keep missing the doctors and he is gone for dialysis and tests all of the time. Think about doing a round the clock vigil till someone talks to you?
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:grouphug;
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:cuddle; :cuddle;
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Mizar - I was hoping this Christmas would be easier. I pray he feels better soon. Please let us know how he is doing. Here's a {{{BIG HUG}}} for you. :grouphug;
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Lots of love and positive thoughts to you both mate
:grouphug;
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Mizar,
trust that you're husband's recovery will be on special mention in our prayers tonight at the Blessed Sacrament novena.
I wonder if your Neph goes to the dialysis center (same place hospital right?) if on the time of his (neph) rounds, your husband is not in his room.
Can you make that demand out there as we do it here in the Phils.? everytime Nanay is in the hospital, i always leave a note at the nurses station that the neph must go visit us at the dialysis section when we are not in room, as I need to consult with him, and the Neph always does. It's tough because at the hospital they only do one round in a day, and i really hate missing the neph since we pay them a lot.
love,
cris
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His speedy recovery will be in my prayers, as well. Take care of yourself, too! :cuddle;
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My thoughts and prayers go out to you and your husband...Boxman
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:grouphug; :grouphug;
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Sorry to hear Mizar.
I hope they get things under control and that you can catch up with the doctors.
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i hope that your husband is on the road to recovery real soon,
as to not being in the same place as the doctors at the same time,
make plenty of noise be a bitch etc etc, till you get what you are entitled to
a daily progress report on your husbands welfare.
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Sorry to hear about your husband, I will keep him in thought and prayer.
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Mizar,
i got quite concerned when you said pneumonia and you're not finding the doctor. I would like to let you know about our experienced with pneumonia, since this had been the most pestering ailment of Nanay aside from osteoporosis.
First, her lung specialist tried to find out if the pneumonia was caused by fluid retention, if it is you will hear gurgling sound when you put a stethoscope on his back and lower torso, the lung doctor said there are different kinds of pneumonia, pleural, cracking of lungs, and blood clotting. This has to be define in order to get the proper treatment and antibiotics for each. Her sputum was cultured and lab test done regularly. She was on nebulizer 2x a day. Back clapping really helps to breakdown the mucus. Nanay was also on oxygen 24 hrs. to ease up the breathing and whew, oxygen intake is metered in the hospital that accounted for almost half of our bill, it was so expensive. Nanay also experienced the drying/cracking up of lungs cuz of too much pulling out of fluid. Hope this can help or guide you in discussing with your doctor. We just finish our Blessed Sacrament novena, we prayed for him, i was about to sleep but your husband's situation keeps bugging me.
Please take care of yourself too.
love,
cris
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Mizar,
Will keep your husband, and you and family,
in my prayers!
Anne
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I'm sending you all my best thoughts for your husband's health and I'm so sorry that the new year is beginning like this for your family. :grouphug;
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:grouphug; Mizar. Thoughts and prayers to all of you. :cuddle;
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You will both be in my prayers. Sending love and hugs :cuddle;
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Hi Mizar.
Hang in there darling. I don't know how many times my Dad got pneumonia - I have had it as well - and he always pulled through. They do overdose you with antibiotics which can be a bit depressing in itself until you start feeling a bit better. My Dad always use to say that dialysis seemed to drain him twice as much when he was sick with pneumonia. He also couldn't eat much so he lost quite a bit of weight but he always bounced back. It took a couple of weeks but I always remember the days when he first started to feel better and the depression lifted straight away because he realised he was on the mend. My love and thoughts to you both. Cindy. xx
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I wish your husband the best and hope he recovers quickly. Try to stay positive and upbeat
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I'm so sorry to hear about your husband. I hope he's gettiong better by now. :cuddle;
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When my dad was in the hospital I would beep the doctors with all my questions. Give it a try they always called me back.
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I thought I would let you all know what is going on. On Thursday Evening, Dr's came to my Husbands Room and told Him he would be going Home the next Day after
Dialysis. They took Him into Dialysis on Friday Morning and about Twenty Minutes, before the Session ended, His Breathing Crashed. He was Taken into a Critical Care Unit, where they had a Bi-Pap on Him all Day and all this Morning. I saw Him this Afternoon, and they have Taken off the Bi-Pap and put Him back on Oxygen. He ate a full Dinner Tonight, which was a good Sign, but He is very Weak. They may move Him to a regular Room Tomorrow. He is not Scheduled for Dialysis again, until Monday.
I assume, it will be in the Hospital.
Kidney Failure is a long hard Road and I know what each of You go through. Sometimes I think we are are the only Ones, who really do know.
Thank You all for Your Kind Comments and Concerns.
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Good grief! I hope he feels better soon. Eating dinner is a good sign. Love and :grouphug;
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more :grouphug;
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Mizar, prayers are going up. Hang in there, hopefully everything will straighten out soon.
Love, Mimi
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Will keep your Family in thought and prayer :grouphug;
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Sending caring thoughts to you both, I hope things pick up. :cuddle;
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Sending best wishes for healing - take care! :cuddle;
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Just read your latest post
I hope your hubby is doing better
Lots of love to you both
Stay strong and positive
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I hope things get better for your husband soon. It's nice he has you looking out for him.
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Mizar sorry to hear your husband is so sick. I do hope he makes a speedy recovery. When he's better he should have the Pneumonia Jab. I'm making an assumption with that sugestion, maybe he's had it already.
Love and Best Wishes.
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Keep us filled in on how he is doing. My thoughts and prayers will be for your husband as well as you. Take care
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Again, more :cuddle; :cuddle; :cuddle; .