Tonight's photo shows the first fruits from our tomato plants. I will let them ripen a bit more on the counter. Wanted to pick them before birds started pecking at them! Well, our hemodialysis home visit took place this afternoon. Three came to the door...the two nurses from our clinic and a young man. They young man came to test our water...have to send off samples. He left after doing what he needed to do. The two nurses talked with us getting the lay of the land...I guess. I wasn't overly enthusiastic! As far as the furniture...they really encourage letting them order us a dialysis chair...Woody wants to use his new chair. Problem is, which he doesn't see, that our chair doesn't go totally flat nor tip so his head can go below heart if his blood pressure should drop drastically. We are to make our decision by this coming Tuesday when we go for our last visit for peritoneal dialysis. He has five more PD treatments, as we are to start training next Wednesday...oh, boy...and, once he starts hemodialysis there will be no more peritoneal dialysis. Furniture placement is up in the air. I think they agree that we have a bit of a problem in that room...but we will have to figure out something. We have two weeks of training at the Fresenius Kidney Center (same place we were trained for PD...same place different nurses) and then at least a week of in-home training. They have to order us a special scale, one that he can be weighed on without having to stand on the scale. I think that it was decided that they would order us a scale that has a chair on it that he will sit in to be weighed. I have to clear a space for that on the sun porch...another "oh, boy." Supposedly there will be less boxes than we get now that we have to store..should take up less walls in the living room. I just hope that the PD supply boxes will be picked up before the HD supplies are delivered! There won't be much room to move around if we have both sets! When the nurses left, we had to get Woody ready to go to TN Oncology for his Keytruda treatment and labs and to see the doctor. I came back home and called our Fresenius Columbia, TN contact as the settings weren't saved and last night's treatment ended up being a "normal" treatment. I got the numbers I need to plug into the maachine from her and took photos of the screen with the new numbers. Woody did say that he felt better yesterday after the extra exchanges were done. He has felt pretty well again today. It's hot, hot, and hotter today. Currently 97° and feels like 105°! Pretty warm...sort of takes your breath away when you step outside! I picked Woody up and brought him home. He said that he was really sleepy...but I don't think that he has dozed off since he has been home. I'm feeling the strain of the day and it isn't even supper time yet. Well, there you have our next dialysis plans in a nutshell...if you don't feel like you know much...neither do we! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!
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