I did not have dialysis at Mercy today. Since I am still at Froedert Hospital having my colonoscopy today because yesterday’s colonoscopy did not happen because there was a bowel that needed to be taken care of with a second prep I endured the best I could. I ended up having dialysis at Froedert Hospital inpatient clinic today for 2 hours and 45 minutes.
Here, the patient goes to the clinic from their room in their bed, get hooked up and monitored, unhooked, and sent back to their hospital room.
They hooked me up, monitored my blood pressure every 15 to 5 minutes. 5 minutes when BP went below 100/50. They were able to 1400 kilos of fluid out of me out of 2000 kilos. They also go by the time you are on the machine to determine how much fluid. At 2 hours and 45 minutes, they will take out 2000 kilos of fluid. No weigh in or weig-out in this inpatient clinic
I did not go to clean only here. Just has output changed from 2000 kilos to 1400 kilos during a low BP reading. When blood was returned at and of treatment, my BP was 111/77. Two minutes from being unhooked, I was taken up to my room to wait for my colonoscopy procedure.
I was able to have dialysis away from my clinic at home. That matters to me and I was okay with it. I was NOT going to MISS treatment.