Well Scott is out. It took maybe 45 minutes. We have eaten breakfast and now we are waiting to do dialysis.
What we found out was the last permacath did not work for Scott. It was the most common used permacath and it was inserted correctly, but just didn't work for him. So they took that one out and put in a different one.
Thank you for your prayers.
Monday, December 31, 2012
The Permacath
Hi all!
Yesterday, Scott went to do his first round of hemodialysis. When the nurse tried to start him, the permacath wouldn't work. So they called his doctor and she had to get him in to get it readjusted. So now here we are at Baptist sitting in radiology waiting. Thank you for your love and prayers. More updates to come.
"God on high, hear my prayer. In my need you have always been there." -Les Miserables
Yesterday, Scott went to do his first round of hemodialysis. When the nurse tried to start him, the permacath wouldn't work. So they called his doctor and she had to get him in to get it readjusted. So now here we are at Baptist sitting in radiology waiting. Thank you for your love and prayers. More updates to come.
"God on high, hear my prayer. In my need you have always been there." -Les Miserables
Friday, December 28, 2012
Surgery #4
Here we are at Deaconess awaiting surgery number 4 of 2012. Just in case you missed us on Facebook, the last surgery was a success. It went really quick and the port looks good. Scott will start hemodialysis on Sunday. His actual schedule for hemo will be Monday, Wednesday, Friday for a 3 1/2 hour sitting. He will do hemo until the hernia surgery is healed.
Now, on to today's surgery. Scott is having surgery on a hernia spot in his peritoneal cavity. This is the reason we have to do hemodialysis. He can't do dialysis at home because it would not let the surgery heal properly.
This morning has gone pretty quick. We are actually back in prep now. Dr. Hemrick's connecting flight through Dallas was late so we are behind schedule, but all in all it has gone pretty fast. I will update everyone as soon as the surgery is over. Once we talk to the doctor and Scott goes back, I will post updates on Facebook.
"In all things God is good. God is good in all things."
Now, on to today's surgery. Scott is having surgery on a hernia spot in his peritoneal cavity. This is the reason we have to do hemodialysis. He can't do dialysis at home because it would not let the surgery heal properly.
This morning has gone pretty quick. We are actually back in prep now. Dr. Hemrick's connecting flight through Dallas was late so we are behind schedule, but all in all it has gone pretty fast. I will update everyone as soon as the surgery is over. Once we talk to the doctor and Scott goes back, I will post updates on Facebook.
"In all things God is good. God is good in all things."
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Surgeries
Hi all!
We've been waiting to post about this because there have been a lot of "what do we dos" involved in this process. A few weeks ago, Scott went to see the doctor about a spot that was hurting him. He found out that it was a hernia. Scott requested that the surgeon that put in his pd port do the surgery because this will make the 3rd surgery this year. They agreed to this which is good because the hernia just so happens to be in his peritoneal cavity (this is the cavity in which he does his dialysis). Due to this, he has to do hemodialysis (blood related) until the hernia surgery is healed.
Today, he got a call about putting this port in. Yeah...it's this Thursday. Kinda quick. He will be getting his permacath to do hemodialysis. We're not quite sure what hemodialysis is all about. We've been trained on peritoneal dialysis for 11 months so this will be a big change. We are under the understanding that as soon as the hernia surgery (Friday Dec. 28th) has healed (surgery number 4 this year by the way), he will be able to go back to peritoneal dialysis and the permacath will be removed. There is no telling how long this will be.
I can honestly say that this has been an extremely stressful couple of weeks for the Garnand household. Luckily we have an awesome family to fall back on and for me personally, I work for an AMAZING school district! I can't express how blessed we are. What we need now is lots of prayer. So please keep him in your prayers not only for his upcoming surgeries, but for the craziness that will probably only add to his stress. We are going to try really hard not to worry and hope for everything to fall into place according to God's plans.
Thank you so much for your love, thoughts and prayers. They mean so much to us.
"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." - Matthew 6:34
We've been waiting to post about this because there have been a lot of "what do we dos" involved in this process. A few weeks ago, Scott went to see the doctor about a spot that was hurting him. He found out that it was a hernia. Scott requested that the surgeon that put in his pd port do the surgery because this will make the 3rd surgery this year. They agreed to this which is good because the hernia just so happens to be in his peritoneal cavity (this is the cavity in which he does his dialysis). Due to this, he has to do hemodialysis (blood related) until the hernia surgery is healed.
Today, he got a call about putting this port in. Yeah...it's this Thursday. Kinda quick. He will be getting his permacath to do hemodialysis. We're not quite sure what hemodialysis is all about. We've been trained on peritoneal dialysis for 11 months so this will be a big change. We are under the understanding that as soon as the hernia surgery (Friday Dec. 28th) has healed (surgery number 4 this year by the way), he will be able to go back to peritoneal dialysis and the permacath will be removed. There is no telling how long this will be.
I can honestly say that this has been an extremely stressful couple of weeks for the Garnand household. Luckily we have an awesome family to fall back on and for me personally, I work for an AMAZING school district! I can't express how blessed we are. What we need now is lots of prayer. So please keep him in your prayers not only for his upcoming surgeries, but for the craziness that will probably only add to his stress. We are going to try really hard not to worry and hope for everything to fall into place according to God's plans.
Thank you so much for your love, thoughts and prayers. They mean so much to us.
"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." - Matthew 6:34
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