Nauseous

Still hanging in there. K's been nauseous most mornings lately, no idea why, and hasn't been able to think about breakfast. I think she's liking her new MWF dialysis schedule. Mandy and I ran some errands on Friday, and visited her in dialysis. The nurse shooed M out right away, but I came back later for a short visit. I like that the room is bright and seems more cheery than the last place. She wasn't pleased to discover they haven't been giving her the IV antibiotics that were prescribed after her surgery. She is so wiped out by dialysis, that she generally sleeps through it, so she had little opportunity to notice if they were doing it right. The instructions had transferred over from the Lakewood center OK, but apparently no one actually read her chart when she arrived at the Littleton center. Even when she asked about the specifics, they assured her they had no instructions for it, until the nurse from Denver Nephrology looked into it. By that time, it had been a week, and it was too late to restart it. The good news is that most of her foot wounds are still healing up, although slowly. Her Kaiser primary care doc has assumed some control of the wound management, which could be a good or bad thing, depending on how it goes next. He's going to determine when to take out the stitches that were left after the surgery.

I've still got a dry cough from the cold I caught in early January. I've got plans for a business trip soon, and am struggling with how to make sure K does the right things while I'm gone. Any support in keeping her on track would be much appreciated.

This is shaping up to be the year of home improvements. Last year, we had our friend Mark finish up several smaller improvement projects, including making our crawlspace usable for storage. Now we're looking at some big projects - recovering the roof, finishing the basement, refurbishing the deck, and maybe even adding a trellis or something, to shade the sun. It's hard for me to imagine doing all that, with the possibility of a transplant looming in K's near future, but that's the plan.