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  1. 3 hours ago, Wacka said:

    Got home Tuesday afternoon. 5 weeks. A week in ICU, two week on the renal floor at ECMC (Erie County Medical Center) whee the transplant center is. ย 10 days at the rehab center/ nursing home attached to ECMC. Did 6 days of PT there to start building up my stamina and strength. Staples ย (35) and central line ย came out Tuesday. ย  Have to record my BP, fluid input and output, ย O2 level , weight and ย pulse rate myself. ย 

    Have ton go to renal floor weekly for a while ย so they can monitor my med levels.

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    To answer some questions, they keep the original kidneys ย as long as they are not cancerous or ย actually deteriorating. The dialysis doesn't hurt at all. If you are active it is a BIG inconvenience. You have to remain in one place for 3 hours, but can ย eat or take a nap or watch TV for 3 hours. After the transplant, I had to ave dialysis 6 times, 3 in the ICU and 3 times on the ย renal floor. The "new "kidney has to "wake up" and it did after 2 ย weeks. Started peeing like recehorse after that. I'm 67 Monday and the kidney was from a 40 year old from out of town. The age of the donor is all I know. It was from out of town because I was supposed to have the transplant at 8 PM but when that rolled around, they told me it would be the next morning. ย It happened at 7:30 AM.

    Best wishes for continued progress ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŽŠ๐Ÿˆ

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