Dialysis

Yesterday we packed up and went camping.  It was not as much work as I thought it was going to be.  We are having a blast,  I just hope it doesn’t rain all day today.  It is supposed to but we have mainly missed it so far.  We might be far enough south.  I think that it’s fun because Ellie likes it so much, and of course the people we are with also.  Ellie definitely didn’t want to go to bed last night.  We had her up way to late. I don’t know if she ever saw fire before, she is mesmerized by it.  She also thinks that it would be fun to grab it.  She continually goes to the fire with her hands out, and I grab her and pull her back.  She thinks this is a game. 

This morning I had to go to dialysis.  Dialysis is so boring.  I usually can sleep during dialysis and then with an hour left I do homework or mess around on the computer.  Today I can’t sleep.  It feels like such a long time if you don’t sleep.  I drank mountain dew before I came this morning.  It was the only drink we had in the house because we brought all our juice camping.  I thought that the MD would be a good idea.  I don’t think that I should drink that again before dialysis.  It is for sure the culprit keeping me awake.  4 hours feels like a life time in dialysis when you can’t sleep.  All most everybody here sleeps the entire time.  They all ask for drugs, and say that they are itchy or feel weird, but I know it just to fall asleep the entire time.  Probably a smart idea but I’m worried that it would keep me asleep all day.  I don’t want to waste a whole day just because of dialysis.  The end is  near for dialysis and feeling sick.  We found out my aunt Deb is a fairly good match and they just have to test a few more people to see who is the best match.  So very good news, Julie and I are very excited.  It will be so great to have energy again and to have my strength back.  We should find out in a few months when the date will be.  I just have to get through a few more months.