I'll be staying at Mom's tonight...

[Blueyes]

Maybe just one night will do it Hopefully she will be in a better mood tonight...maybe you'll actually have fun

[gja1000]

I'm sorry that you have to do this, but your mom needs you and you and she will do just fine! Maybe you'll be able to stay home tomorrow night - but if not, it will be OK!

[Janet]

We got through the first night of dialysis just great. We only had one alarm go off and that was a clamp that wasn't completely open. Mom slept really well all night and didn't have any problems.
She is on dialysis during the night for 9 hours. That sounds like a lot of time, but it's really very little considering our kidneys function 24/7.

We had her all hooked up by 8:45 last night. She has tubing long enough that she can have the machine in the bedroom where it needs to be and can sit in her recliner to watch TV in the living room. Mom can also go to the bathroom if she needs to during the night. As Diana can confirm....her house is very small, but fits her needs.

Now...today....she can do what ever she wants. I'll go back in tonight and then on Sunday night...I'll probably just go in to watch her hook up and then I'll come home to sleep in my own bed.

I forgot just how noisy it is in town....LOL. I think I probably slept 3 hours total. Darn trains have to blow their horns all through town at all the crossings. Plus she has a light on the TV (I slept on the couch) that she doesn't want turned off...it goes off by itself on a timer. She said it goes off at midnight.....LOL....at 5 till 2 the light finally went off. Mom also gets cold so her air conditioning isn't low enough for me and I was sweating all night.

I came home this morning about 7 AM and went right to sleep. It will be better tonight because I'm taking a fan...LOL.

I'm so glad we made it through our first night without any major complications. I'm really proud of her.

[judy]

I'm so glad it went okay Janet! As uncomfortable as it sounds, you are doing such a good thing to stay with her.

Good luck today!!!

[DianaB]

It sounds like things went well and that you were there to help with getting your Mom hooked up. That's really great that she can go into some of the other rooms while she's hooked up, especially the bathroom.

Sorry, that you didn't get much sleep. Hopefully a fan will keep you a little cooler and also drown out some of the noise from the trains and traffic. You might want to take a Tylenol Pm. Just take one. They work great for me and I don't wake up sluggish, but only take one. Two knocks you out cold!!!

[gja1000]

The fan is a great idea! My mom likes it warmer than I do also, so I have to sleep under a fan when I stay over there. I know what you mean about lights, she keeps several night-type lights on, but thankfully, I sleep upstairs so I dont' see them!

I'm so happy that things are going well - sometimes technology is just the berries, isn't it!

[Janet]

Guess I spoke too soon. Last night wasn't good at all. Alarms kept going off every hour or so...low drainage and something else. We had to call the centers after hours number for help twice.

I will be going to Mom's this evening and staying for a little while after we get her hooked up, just to make sure everything is going good. Mom is really good at getting off the machine of a morning...it's just getting everything hooked up to start.....so many tubes.