Update - November 2011
Hi!!
Haven't been on in a while. Still trying to adjust to California and Sydney got really sick in October. First with Pneumonia and then a fungal infection that caused us to give up our beloved PD and swtich to Hemo. Not a fan of driving 2 hours one way, 3 days a week.
Hoping for a better Holiday.
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Comment by Gene Billingsley on January 6, 2012 at 12:26am -
KaTrina - have you looked into doing home hemo dialysis? We did overnight PD for our son for many years, then complications forced us back to hemo. We started looking for a home hemo solution and found one from a company called NxStage. If you'd like to talk about it let me know - we can swap numbers.
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Comment by Tristin Alan on January 4, 2012 at 1:36pm -
Hi KaTrina,
I enjoy reading your blog. I am also in Northern California. I am searching for good dialysis centers. Any recommendations? Thanks. Have you been able to get back to PD or still on hemo? Happy New Year!
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Comment by Cheryl Biermann on November 30, 2011 at 2:09pm -
Maybe they can adjust her time to the late afternoon then? Nathan's had to be in the am because I had to be freed up those hours. Some of our kiddos came in around 12, after a four hour session, they went home. It would mean getting home later. It is a bear getting time changes though, good luck in adjusting.
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Comment by Jessica Olivia Frysz on November 30, 2011 at 9:49am
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Katrina:
Sorry to hear that :( But, at least it is only 1 day a week instead of 3 days a week. I drive to and from my dialysis center 3 days a week, but I don't have to go 2 hours away.
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Comment by KaTrina Slaughter on November 30, 2011 at 12:54am -
We are not adjusting to Hemo. On hemo days she is all thrown off cause she feels good late in the evening, when we are all ready to go to bed. So we are up with her all night. Then the next day her energy level is so low, she sleeps all day. Not a fan of hemo, miss my PD catheter.
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Comment by Cheryl Biermann on November 29, 2011 at 5:08pm
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Eww, those funguses stink. That's what got Nathan's tube too. How's she adjusting to hemo?
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