Things have been going well. We are getting used to the schedule of dialysis. Alice is figuring out how to cook on dialysis nights (well she still has some adjusting to do but she is working on figuring it all out).
The worst part at this point is David gets severe leg cramps during dialysis usually toward the last 1/2 hour but they can be VERY painful and take a lot of energy out of him. This is something we just have to deal with. It depends on how much fluid they take off of him and lately in order to get all of the fluid off of him, they have to aggressively pull off fluid.
They have also moved David up to the largest needle size. (largest round, the length is the same for all of them). This means that he will get the best cleaning because more blood can go through the needle so more blood can be cleaned. And let me tell you...it's a huge needle!
David went to dialysis by himself for the first time last Friday, because Alice got to babysit for friends. I think it was harder on Alice to not be with him than him (David was fine by himself). We don't plan on many treatments without Alice going!
Life has been pretty good. We have been trying to do a lot on the weekends since the week is pretty much consumed with Dialysis. Thank you for your continued support and prayers.
I will update more later!!!
~Alice and David
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