A for Attitude!

We went away for the mid term break to Midmar Dam. What a wonderful place to relax and enjoy some water sports. On the Saturday MrGee had to book into hospital for a dialysis session. He woke up at 4:30 in the morning travelled an hour by car to Pinetown .... dialysised for 4 hours and travelled back to our resort chalet. He continues to keep positive and up beat about the whole issue. We could all take a lesson or two from this guy.

After arriving back at Midmar Dam he took us all out for a jaunt on the water. He couldn't enjoy the water and the tubing as he still has the dialysis tube in his neck. After an hour or two on the water we moored the speed boat and returned to the chalet. MrGee had to lie down as he had a headache and felt nauseous due to dehydration.

In a week the dialysis tube in his neck will be removed, and I know he will be alot happier!

Fistula is looking good!

It's been nine weeks since MrGee had his fistula procedure and today is the first time they are going to dialysise through the fistula.He is so looking forward to the removal of the dialysis pipes in his neck. He desperately wants to get back to gym!

Not a good day .................

MrGee is a very positive guy. He always has been. If he is faced with a challenge, he will take on the issue with an upbeat attitude always expecting the outcome to be a good one.
With that said, I can see that the dialysis is getting him down already. He said a couple of days ago that he feels slightly depressed after he has his 4 hour dialysis session. This morning he said he was feeling totally flat , he even cancelled going to one of our friends birthday parties this evening!! He says he just doesn't want to have to talk about his kidney. I'm feeling so sad for him. I asked what I could do to help him feel better ...... he sad that there was nothing I could really do ...... mmmmmm

Our first visit......

Only after MrGee's second week of dialysis was he comfortable with us coming into the dialysis room to have a look-see.......

MrGee is attached to the blue machine on the right. The cylindrical tube in the middle of the photo acts as his kidney, filtering out all the junk from the blood. He connects to this machine every third day for a 4 hour session.

After his fistula procedure.

Miss Tanzi was scared of the goodies attached to her Daddy, and for the first few minutes she wouldn't touch him. Eventually she hopped on the bed and was back to her normal bubbly self!
The procedure went well and the fistula is looking good. For the first four days after surgery he was in alot of pain(mainly from the lumen dialysis port that was put in his neck) but now he is feeling alot better .... although he still can't lift his right arm above his head(it's too painful).

Say no to toxins!

As I write this, Boyd is having his second haemodialisis. After his first one he sms'd me " I feel great, it feels like I have rocket fuel in my blood!" He also commented "I am even thinking clearer."

Picture of good health..............

This pic was taken 3 weeks ago.......................................


Today Boyd's vascular surgeon told him that he looked too healthy to have kidney failure! I agree.... this 41 year old (who is starting dialysis tomorrow morn) looks in blooming good shape!!!! hehe ........ I believe it's his good mental state, people's ardent prayers and God's grace that are sustaining him. Thank you Jesus.

Boyd had the fistula procedure done in his wrist today.Because his creatinine levels have sky rocketed and the fistula will only be ready for use in 6-8 weeks, they had to do an emergency neck catheter so that he can start dialysis tomorrow. Once the fistula is mature(6-8 weeks), they will dialysise through the veins/artuaries in his arm twice a week.

keep ya posted ......