Sep 06, 2017 at 03:53 pm

Arteriovenous Fistula

Update posted by Joy Ashley Flores

Hi everyone. πŸ™‚ It's been more than a week since I last posted an update. I kind of observed first how things went after he was discharged from the hospital.


So here goes. I've been calling them everyday asking how they are, and to be honest, they've been really better. I can tell by the way they talk to me on the phone. Anyway, so the doctor observed Papa's creatinine levels under twice-weekly dialysis sessions. It went down to a little more than 400 but the doctor's target is around 350 before he can stop having dialysis. In line with this, they decided to transfer Papa's dialysis access from jugular (neck) to an Arteriovenous Fistula in the arm. I'm quite happy with it because this is more convenient (although he needed to undergo a minor surgery for this) and lower risk of infection than how it was in the neck. It needs 6 weeks of healing, though. So they will still use the neck access until the arm access can be used. My father used to be so stubborn and resistant with treatments, therapies and medications, but I'm glad that he's compliant now to what needs to be done. I really prayed prayed for this. πŸ™


Three days after my father was discharged from the hospital, my mother was sent to the ER as well at 1:00 AM because she was having a hard time to breathe due to her cough and she couldn't sleep then. But by God's grace, she wasn't admitted. She was just observed, been prescribed medications and was nebulized. She continued nebulization at home and after a few days she has been relieved. She's still required to put the back brace and she's been attending thrice-weekly ortho therapy. I believe everything will get better in God's time. πŸ™


It's been almost a month since I opened this campaign, and I am still deeply overwhelmed.


For the people who helped and is still helping, THANK YOU VERY MUCH! God bless your good hearts. πŸ’“


The campaign is still open until 15th of September. We are still accepting donations online and offline. Thank you and God bless you!

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