Finally an update from DAD...

I suppose that my posting on Facebook isn't the only place people are tuned into, sorry everyone I have been ultra busy and will try to be on here much more often. Her past couple of weeks of Hemo Dialysis have been essentially painless and calm. She would go on at around 12-1:00 each day for 2 hours and get her body cleansed. On Hemo, she would be able to have some of her favorite foods which were restricted in her diet. One day a slice of pizza, the next some regular chips, and so on. What we take for granted she is now not able to enjoy. Her journey into the Peritoneal Dialysis world has been a very tough one on her this week to put it lightly. Mom was in with her for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, she had no sleep for these days but a few minutes here and there. On Tuesday it was so bad she nearly called me to help out. I to this day have never imagined the amount of pain she would endure with this treatment until I saw it Thursday evening myself. This pain was unbearable to watch, but fight through it she did, crying in pain she had to. The pain medications had not done or taken the edge off like planned. It took Mom to be on a web site with other patients of Peritoneal parents to suggest that some Tidal fluid be left in the Peitoneum. This fluid would now be left in at each cycle after Breanna is filled, run through her Dwell period of 40-50 minutes. We also that we needed some better time management for getting her prepared for the night cycles. We started her Tylenol at 1 hour before starting and her Atavan, along with the Gabapentin which is for nerve blocking. Her cramping in her left leg had been excruciating for her treatments so far this week. The night went without a hitch and not a big sign of pain except for her initial drain. The whole night was without any pain and she didn't feel a thing...Have to go to the movies right now, ciao