10/20/2009

I wish Amy would email me those high school pictures!

10/20/2009

Everything worked itself out yesterday. I spent way too much time worrying about whether I developed the type of infection that would stop me from getting my kidneys removed early Friday morning. After speaking with several doctors and getting my dialysis catheter, in my chest, removed I feel assured that the surgery will occur on Friday. It feels so nice to not have chords hanging from my chest. And I got the date for transplant finalized. Monday November 16 is the big day. I'll finally be able to eat and drink normal foods. The three weeks leading up to transplant will be had though. I'll only be allowed to consume four cups (32 oz.) of fluid per day.

10/19/2009

I started dialysis at 6:00 this morning. Way too much stuff to talk about at this time. Talk to doctor, then another doctor, and then the first one again. Then I had an appointment with a third medical professional, and he called the first. The first talked with dialysis people. I have another appointment at 2:00. CRAZY.

10/18/2009

I wonder how my relatively new friend Eric, that I have never seen conscious, is doing today? I also am curious to find out how his Dad is doing. Like my Dad a few years ago he had open heart surgery, and I think John was having a rough time of it coping with Eric's accident. At least that is what his wife Marie told me. I hope Amy will call me and let me know the condition of them, but then again why would I believe Amy (LOL:-). People start to make stuff up and believe the falsehoods to be truths when they reach such a ripe old age. Ha, she is so senile that it is not even funny!

10/17/2009

On second thought that picture is real... I grew antlers, and I was trying to pull them off.

10/17/2009

Last night I listened to the Delphos St. Johns vs. Coldwater football game (the top ranked teams in the state D6 & D5 respectively.) My what a game it was as Delphos scored with ten seconds left to break the tie. The Blue Jays play St. Henry next week, and I was going to attend the game. Getting started on getting a new kidney is more important, and like the Bengals game I will miss the Blue Jays vs. Redskins game!
I am going to play cards (solo) tonight so that will be fun.
The picture at top displays me being silly when I was in high school. I would like to see a picture of my friend Amy when she was in high school. I think they had just invented cameras back then. She'll need to remove the dust and cobwebs first!

10/16/2009

It was confirmed to me late Thursday afternoon that my kidney removal surgery will occur next Friday, October 23. I am disappointed slightly no it is a major disappointment. Originally (per my discussion with the doctor) I was led to believe that it could be as early as late this week or early the next. That is not the case. Why am I so distraught? Four days later is really not that big of deal, right. Four days later means the transplant will be four days later yet (in about three weeks from removal. That means more dialysis, and I am definitely not the least bit fond of that! That means I have to follow this stupid restrictive diet that much longer. I guess I should feel fortunate that the ball is rolling, and grateful that my problem is capable of being solved.
They are going to have to cut me open instead of a laproscopic procedure, because I have too much scar tissue in my abdominal area from my car wreck, nearly twelve years ago. It will probably be painful. Laparoscopic surgery also referred to as minimally invasive surgery describes the performance of surgical procedures with the assistance of a video camera and several thin instruments.