Wishing a very happy birthday to our Erin Elizabeth, our first, and thus, oldest grandchild. We became grandparents 29 years ago today! And, here we are holding her for the first time...all three of us have changed quite a bit in 29 years!!!! Looking back through her scrapbook is making me feel old! It doesn't seem possible that we have been grandparents for almost 30 years!
We've had a pretty good day. Woody's dialysis treatment went well today. I got in touch with our hemodialysis nurse to tell her about some supplies that we are getting lower in and asked her a couple of questions about his graft surgery. One thing that I am to do is feel the vibration of the flow of blood through his graft. The nurses at St. Thomas said that they couldn't feel it...the feel is called a "thrill." But there is also a sound to listen for called a "bruit" (they pronounce it "brewy"). That sound can be heard through a stethoscope. At the moment, Woody isn't too fond of the idea of anyone touching his arm to try to feel the "thrill." And, I didn't have a stethoscope...yet. So nurse asked if she could come by and check how his incisions and arm looked and to try to feel and listen to the blood flow through the new graft. I feel much better now that she has come and said that all is doing/going well. He has some swelling, but not much and she was able to both feel and hear the flow of blood through the graft. She brought me a stethoscope, but I still can't hear it. I was a little concerned because he seems to be in more pain as the week goes along. She said that it may be due to his nerves healing and reconnecting. But she said that all seemed to be going well. She was also pleased where the graft had been placed. She said that should be easy for me to access when we start using it for his dialysis treatments. She said that it will be a while till we start using it...first he has to heal amd then second she has several patients training to use their graft or fistula...that they are extra busy at the clinic at the moment. They have moved the other nurse off to another clinic for a couple of months so Davida is on her own in the hemodialysis part of the clinic. You will not hear me complain about not starting the new way forna while...I dread the time when I have to stick him twice for every dialysis treatment! Tomorrow is a day off from dialysis...but not much of a day off. Woody has an appointment late morning to have the stitches taken out from his PD catheter removal that happened two weeks ago today. Then he has his appointment at TN Oncology early afternoon for labs, see his oncologist, and have a Keytruda infusion. These two appointments are literally right next door to each other. I think that Woody is thinking about just moving from one office to the other...just bring a bit early for the 2nd one.
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