Got bad news at the doctors today...all these scars...5 surgeries in the past 3 months...8 total since January...15 days in the hospital in January and 11 days in the hospital in June...all of this for absolutely ...NOTHING... Before i was discharged last Friday my left hand was going numb...i was told it would get better...well it got worse...to the point that my little finger started turning purple...and all 4 fingers are numb from the tip to the first knuckle...so i had my first check up today to see how the new graft is working...now i have another problem...before... i wasnt getting enough blood flow...now i am getting too much in the upper arm and it is pulling it away from the lower arm...he put a sonogram on my arm and you could hear a good pulse amd blood flow on the left side of my wrist but a very faint one on the right...then he moved it to the palm of my hand and it could be heard on my first two fingers ...but nothing at all on the last two fingers...meaning no blood flow ...which is causing the discoloration of my finger...there are several options to fix this... but none of them sound good...i dont wanna complain... but i am just tired of getting cut on...tired of hospitals...and tired of inconveniencing family and friends... This is an urgent matter and he wanted to do an outpatient surgery this Friday but i told him no because we are having our family reunion and i didnt wanna ruin it for everyone... So next Monday i will be having an angiogram to see what my veins and arteries look like...it is a procedure where they make an incision on the upper thigh /groin area and shoot dye through my veins...i really dont understand what he is going to do with this information because he already knows that my veins and arteries are too small to carry the weight of dialysis...now probably the only other thing that will work is actually putting the graft in my thigh...or if by chance he finds a big enough vein in my arm ...he will then take a portion of vein out of my leg and graft it into the vein in my arm...either way it means more surgeries...so please keep me in your prayers ...and keep my parents and Libby in your prayers too...the trips back and forth are costly and like everyone else ...none of us have this extra money for gas...and they are tired of driving back and forth and sitting for hours in the hospital with me...i appreciate them doing it but i wish they didnt have to...and i appreciate my best friend Tammy Mayes taking care of my babies... Thank you for your prayers...there is a reason for all of this...i love you guys
Posted on: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 02:40:04 +0000