Dialysis round two!

Todd and I headed up to St George again on Thursday, for dialysis training and a follow up with one of his dr's.  We were at Dialysis for 4 hours!!  They had to give him more iron, run through the first part of how we do this dialysis at home, and do 1/4 of a treatment, because his catheter is still healing and all we want to do is make sure that nothing is clogging the catheter while it is healing.  Everything went well.  We go up again next week for another lesson, and I think it will be our last, then our dialysis QUEEN, Erma,  will make a home visit down here and watch me do everything to make sure it is done correctly!  No pressure right!

Everything has to be soo sterile.  I didn't realize that there is a huge risk of infection while his catheter is open,, it's only open twice, once to attach it, and once to disconnect it, but for those approximately 30 seconds total, the risk is huge!!!  Hand sanitizer is now our new best friend!!!! 

I'm excited to be able to do this at home.  We will still have to travel up to st george twice a month for check ups, but honestly we go up that often any way.  And she is willing to come down here if we have issues, and we have her cell number for emergencies, as every other one of her patients do.

People ask me why don't we switch to Henderson dr's... well,, did you read my post about 10 hours in the er with no FOOD OR WATER and Todd's diabetic,, and the nurse's excuses were all "we didn't know what diet he was on" *insert eye roll*

NO WAY PEOPLE! This man is my life.  I waited a long time to make him mine forever, and now that we are sealed, 3 years on the 19th we've been sealed, I want him around with me in this life for just a while longer!!!

Our dr's up in St George all say they are surprised by the number of nevadians that come up for health care in St George.  We could move back up there, and we may, for now, this is where we need to be.  We have an incredible support family down here, and we need that right now!  Maybe in a year, maybe two, we are leaving it in the Lord's hands.

Thank you for all your prayers and blessings!  We love you all so much!!!!

Erma, Todd and Me learning to be a nurse!!! GO ME!!!  Seriously looking into going to school to get my medical assistant certificate, maybe keep going onto nursing!  (would move to Dixie state for that)