I was so scared this evening, really. I went to pick up Mom from her treatment, I got there around 3, thinking I would get there in plenty of time. I went in to let them know that I was there, but that I would be outside with Myles. About 4 I went up to sit on the bench located outside the door to the treatment center. After a while Eddie pulls up in Mom's truck and I'm sitting there getting a bit upset that he was there. My mind was going like this - here I am, sitting outside waiting for her to get done and now he pulls up. Why didn't someone let me know that he was coming, I could have stayed at the studio. You know how thoughts like that pop up in your mind? I was hot and tired of waiting out in the heat. But those thoughts left as soon as they came, I took a deep breath and just relaxed. Eddie walked up and told me that they had called him and told him that she would be late, she had started running a fever and they had to give her antibiotics. We waited for about another hour, and finally I saw the door open and the nurse was bringing out an "old" lady. I almost cried out loud. What had happen to my Mom?
She could hardly walk, she was white, and very sick. She was throwing up, had no idea where she was, and she wasn't the person that I knew.
I got her in the car, barely, and started driving home. She was so out of it, doing strange things. She kept trying to fix the window, then she started punching things on the dashboard of the car, only there wasn't anything there for her to touch.
When I got her home it took over 5 minutes to get her out of the car, it was like she forgot how to use her legs. As I got her to her feet she just started getting sick all over the place, and I didn't know what to do. I got her in the house, to the bed, but I couldn't get her all the way on the bed.
She was so sick. Finally Phil got here to help me with her, he even went and got a thermometer and some Tylenol for her to take. Her fever was up to 102.5, and she was in so much pain. She couldn't even remember where the bathroom was, and just kept talking out of her head.
It is now after midnight and her fever has broken and she is sleeping peacefully. Thank God. I've seen her after surgeries, when she was on the "happy drugs", but I've never seen her like this. I don't think that it was the dialysis that did this to her, I think that it was an infection from the surgery last week. Man oh man. What an afternoon.
My smile for the day.....this morning I brought Mom a rose, a wooden one that I had bought for her this past weekend at the festival.
Okay, I'm going to bed now. Tomorrow is a new day.
blessings to all of you.
Charlie
Samantha and Lillieanna
Time for Mommy to take Lillianna's last name
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Charlie, it is so very important that you learn all you can and ask the staff at the unit to educate you. Often temperatures, during dialyis, can be dialyis related. If a patient runs a temperature, the unit will usually do a blood culture to determine bacteria, etc. You can learn alot if you go to www.kidneyschool.org and read their modules. They also have education for dialysis technicians which would also probably be beneficial for you to read in order to be thorougly educated. It is important to understand the dialysis treatment e.g. how much fluid is removed, how to calculate, symptoms if too much fluid is removed and what you need to do at home should this happen again, or other problems.
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