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Well, I'm at work today.... having a hard time focusing...but I've got lots to get done before the end of fiscal year on wed.

Spent the weekend at the hospital......

When I got there Fri night things had taken a turn for the worse.... renal failure and congestive heart failure ... his lungs were filling with fluid and he was really having a hard time breathing... he still needs the oxygen to breath....they have him on Dobutamine which is a heart med to help it work he went in Sat morning to have a catheter put in to start dialysis right away... his breathing was so bad they could not get him to lay flat for the 40 mins or so that it takes to put it in, so he just has a temporary one so the tubes and adapters are coming right out of his neck....so that is uncomfortable for him too, but that is all they could do at the time. His highest blood sugar was 496 (note: 70's on Wed) and when I left last night at 9:30pm he was at 405. Another thing is he is not eating.... everything makes him sick.... so they are going to have to start something today (Mon) for that. So, the first dialysis they removed close to 9 pounds of fluid... that also takes into account the 2 units of blood and 3 units of plasma he got. The second dialysis they removed close to 7 pounds..... he looked really good for about 2 hours after and then he started getting the shaky and weak again....

The last update I had was from about 9am today (Mon) from my sister.....

"Mom & Dad slept for about 1 1/2 hrs. She said once he got in the bed he kinda started coughing again and asked for cough syrup. Anyway, he thinks his endurance is up. His blood sugar is still very high (3 or 4 hundreds-can't remember) even after giving him whatever it was (lacics?) throughout the night thru IV.
They have contacted the nutritional people. I think he needs to eat or get nourishment somehow to regulate it better. I told her I would be there about 12:30pm
He has to have the permanent catheter put in right after dialysis whenever that starts. It will be 4 1/2 hrs long today."

So, I will do a few personal & business things for Mom & Dad at lunch and right after work and then go stay with Dad so Mom can get a nap or eat or whatever......

Then our next task is to find out about the Kidney centers that will take patients of my Dad's weight for dialysis.... (they have to have chairs big enough for him).... since this will be happening 3-4 times a week for about 4 hours at a time..... we want to have a place that is the closest to the house..... since Mom works nights it is really gonna be tricky getting him to his appointments during the day (when she normally sleeps)...... but between everyone in the family we will HAVE to make it work.

We still do not have any idea when he might be able to come home..... if I were going to guess.... I'd say he will be there at least another week maybe????

OK... no spell check...I'm having a hard enough time keeping my eyes open....

Love you guys and thank you sooo very much for your comments... I've read them... it is great to have such a wonderful support system here..... {{sniff sniff}}

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