Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Shunt being placed today

They're moving forward with dialysis. They will be placing the shunt this afternoon, and plan to proceed with the first round of dialysis tomorrow. Gail spoke to his primary care doctor today, and he said that if Dad responds well to the dialysis, then he'll likely move to a rehab facility with the hopes of building up strength to return home. There's a lot of what ifs involved, but it's some encouraging news anyway.

We've got a lot of visitors coming through over the next couple of weeks with his brother Lynn in town this week, Jennifer due to arrive on Saturday, and Mom is coming in at the end of next week.

I'm really hoping that this dialysis will have a positive impact and give Dad some encouragement, because he's really down right now.

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