I have been on Dialysis using the Fresenius Liberty Cycler for over three months. Last night was just another night, until. Until after hooking up to the Cycler per usual and going to bed, the Cycler screamed at me with a blaring alarm with its “Stop” button flashing. Thought what the hell now?
While my wife broke out the manual in an attempt to ascertain what was going on, I checked every obvious possible conflict point of origin to no avail. See chart from manual below. Yes, I triple-checked everything and even installed new 5000 ml and 3000 ml dextrose bags. Still throwing “Slow Fill” warning.
Bottom line, the procedure could not go on, we had no fault codes to indicate what was happening, other than a screen display “Slow Fill” and alarms. Having been through the song and dance with tech support before – you have to spend an inordinate amount of time filling them in on the boiler plate of your setup before resolution is even attempted (which to a degree I understand), I shut the Cycler down, went through the lost power sequence at boot up, and effected a startup as if from scratch with new bags and new cassette.
This fixed things for me, and I was able to get some sleep after over an hour of wrestling with the “Slow fill” alarm. What caused it? Who knows, maybe the bugs of Cycler Past?
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