First appointment and everyone's reactions to my new news..
The SECOND I received the phone number to Vincent's nurses' in Nephrology I called to set up the first available appointment. I didn't care what day or time, I was willing to take off work if I had to,...
View ArticleOnly two more days til surgery.....
After passing the "first round" of tests I was ready to move on to the next set. The next test is a scan of my anatomy to be sure everything is normal, it would be easy to remove, size and the blood...
View ArticleHere we go........
Ten hours til surgery. I can not wait! I can't thank everyone who has followed me along my journey. I'm not nervous, but I am anxious and excited. Hope I have great prayers and thoughts headed towards...
View ArticleRECOVERY
Well I sure did misjudge the post-op pain. Let's just say it was far from a walk in the park. It's been a week and two days since surgery and it'll be a week tomorrow that I was released....
View ArticleRecovery conti.
Day Three of Recovery: After a rough second night of being tucked into my hospital bed with a new catheter and new IV on top of feeling like I was hit by a semi, I was exhausted in more than one way....
View ArticleRelease day! woo hoo!
Day Four of Recovery: At this point I was starting to feel better. I was getting up and walking more than I did since surgery. I was able to have my catheter removed, my IV fluid and medication...
View ArticleA visit to the emergency room.
Friday night was one of the most painful nights I had. I woke up hysterical in pain throughout the whole night. This was my first night sleeping without a nurse coming in and giving me medication for...
View ArticleFollow up..
It's been six weeks since surgery. I'm back at work, back to being Mommy 100% and back to socializing and acting like Katie, minus how quickly I get exhausted. Vincent is doing wonderful. He's...
View ArticleBump in the road?
Vincent was doing great during recovery and had normal labs up until June 27 when he showed a higher-than-normal creatinine level. For those of you whom are questioning what that all means, creatinine...
View ArticleVincent recovery
Fortunately, the higher levels of creantine weren't anything to worry about and Vincent's stent removal and PD cath removal went fine. Just a small bandage covered the spot his tube once was. From...
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