Molly's Place: Groundhogs Day

I feel like it's Groundhogs Day again and again...start my week, give blood, give blood again, visit the doctor, work, visit another doctor, work, get sick, work, hang out with my kids and friends and start the week again.

I am going CRAZY!!! I wish I could take a vacation :) So to sum up my week I have given blood at UMC to get on the donor list for a cadaver. Hopefully I will be on the list in the next few weeks so my back up plan is in place.

UMC Tuscon is moving but slow. We are still waiting to hear if Sara is a go for donor and waiting for a date for transplant.

In the meantime since my kidneys are at about 7% I have to start dialysis. So on Thursday I meet with my kidney doctor to review my numbers- a weekly visit. Then on Friday I meet with General Surgery to have my consultation to get the catheter in my stomach for PD, which is a form of dialysis 10 hours a day 7 days a week. Once I get the routine I will be able to do this from home at night. But it still grosses me out to think I have to have a tube put in my stomach.

I can't wait for Friday to have a little ME time and go out with Rumi. It will be my going away party to my normal body and freedom of not being tied to dialysis.

Last weekend was spent with the kids and friends all weekend. We did a lot of eating out- which isn't as much fun for me but thank goodness most places have Caesar Salad so I can at least order something!!

Here are a few photo's of our fun weekend and past week.