Thursday, April 23, 4pm

Havent posted much...  lately
just mentally and physically preparing for next step.....
His kidneys are rebounding, so dialysis is a few months off (hopefully)

But he will be having to adhere to a strict renal diet to keep his kidneys happy, so today
I have been clearing the house of foods he cant eat, so as not to tempt him.... he has way more will power than I do, so that is good...

Went to the grocery store today to get some of the foods he can have, That is after many hours of researching renal diets, heart diets, Warfarin diet, and still diabetic...
Phew, that leaves water.... but there are some positives.... my homemade pasta is a yes....
he can have almond milk, rice milk, but NO cow milk, NO sodas, No potatoes, no tomatoes...  NO CHEERIOS, they are high in phosphates...
If a food says ...PHOS....  then it is not good...  was reading the back od every label I picked up....

Anyway, his creatinine is dropping, they have restarted his warfarin (blood thinner) just need it to get to his range....

He will be returning to the hospital in May for the dialysis fistula graft...  he has to do inpatient since he is on warfarin, otherwise it would be outpatient
the temporary port can only stay in 2 months so they do not want to put it in until he has to have it,
And there is greater chance of infection....   the fistula will have to heal several months before it is useable..

Thanks friends for reading and caring...