In Dialysis

They got K into Dialysis this morning around 8am. It's funny that it took so long, because the dialysis facility is on the same 3rd floor where she's staying, just a few feet from her room. Dr Brook called the house to tell me he changed his mind about allowing her to walk, and will be ordering that she keep all weight off her foot. I know it will be a great inconvenience, but that's really pretty great news to me, since it seems obvious that this latest round of foot problems is all about the trauma caused by walking around on the wounds. K called from Dialysis a little while ago. She says the antibiotic order is problematic. They'll want her on daily IV antibiotics for awhile, so she may need to have a PICC line inserted. The dialysis folks are concerned about losing a possible site. I'm not clear on this, but it sounds like for some reason DaVita won't administer antibiotics, which is forcing the PICC line issue. It sounds like they want to leave the decision to her, but I asked her to get the docs talking so they can resolve it as best as possible for her.