Well.... here I go again. I look at this as a new adventure, and this adventure takes place in my bedroom, (That's what she said).... Ok, the pictures are of tubing, the machine, the plastic bag that is the "solution". I will have 2 bags placed in me and then it will "dwell". What dwell means is the solution will go in my body and work as a magnet to get all the bad things out of my body. It seems to make a lot of sense when my nurse explained it, so I will try to get it out to all of you. There is a lining in our stomachs that will hold all the fluid and work as a magnet to get toxins out. It will place some fluid in my belly, sit there, then go out into a plastic bag. It will do this about 4 times over my 8 hour treatment.
I took the pictures so that people would be able to see what this machine looks like. For those that have spoken to me over the last 30 hours or so, people know that I am nervous and am kinda freaking the freak out. I hooked everything up. I plugged the machine in. I even put everything away... and for me, that is AWESOME!! I just wanted things to go in their "place" and have some sort of organization, sure hope that lasts.
Anyway, I will take some more pictures and have everyone see what things look like. I know this too shall pass, but last night I was laying in bed. I was thinking that was the LAST AND FINAL evening I won't have to be "hooked" up. I will be doing this every night until I get a Kidney. I mean, every night until the transplant. That could be 2 months, or 6 years. God, that freaks me out a bit.
I all I keep telling myself is that I can do so much more. I can come and go as I please, and not have to be somewhere so often.... There's no place like home sweet home.
Here is to hoping night one goes well. M
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