One of the ailments I briefly touched on that has bailed me out is the potential for something awry in my stomach and/or lining, as indicated by a grey, almost solid material around my catheter port. My dialysis nurse took a swab sample of it and sent it to the lab along with a two-liter static drain from my stomach. Both samples came back negative for common ailments like Peritonitis but indicated some rare bodies that the go-to treatment takes care of. The go-to treatment I am referring to is the kit provided by Fresenius for us to treat our bags of fluid as soon as we suspect something awry. It consists of oral antibiotics, sterile water for mixing, several vials of powdered chemicals for treatment, hypodermics, etc.
In the past I have done all the care and feeding of my port opening. Since this go-around, my wife has been doing it every evening as she can better see, clean, and care for it than I can. She has also taken over the cycler setup and tear down due to my somewhat weakened self which I appreciate deeply. Luckily we had started to tain her for this apriori, so she was ready when needed.
We had a rather quiet Christmas with our son and his family and Netflix football. Still, consider a lease versus buying a different newer BMW for us. Now more leaning toward buy versus lease. For about the same payments we would own the car at the end of three years versus having nothing to show for our lease expenditures.
Leave a Reply