Latest Experience On The Learning Curve

Yesterday, Sandra, and I spent the whole day at the Home Dialysis Clinic. As Sandra has now graduated to the Peritoneal Dialysis Cycler, the Cycler will do the dialysis at night while Sandra is sleeping. She will be hooked up to the machine for ten hours every night. The whole training experience was a bit overwhelming, and intimitating for me. It started off with a lot of tests, which left Sandra in severe pain. At one point she couldn't even breeze. I almost felt like running out of the room, as it is so hard to see her in so much pain. I also have to mention that Sandra's veins are very small, so every blood test is a procedure in it self. They usually start out trying to get blood from the arm, but end up having to do it in her hand....one time they even had to do it from her groin. Last week, she got all the supplies delivered, there is 90 boxes in the house now, but they still had to take 30 back, as there is no room. There are boxes everywhere, including the bedrooms, and upstairs hallway. She is supposed to have a delivery every six weeks, but if this is the size of it, she will have to switch to bi-weekly as Sandra does not want to have her daughter reminded of her disease every step she takes in the home. I want you all to know that in spite of all this, Sandra is a real trooper, and as sweet as ever.