One month out

An update.

Dh is healing well. Off the walker, and the gout he got in his foot while in the hospital is gone.
He's in dialysis 3 times a week. He does still have pain on his left side, supposedly from fluid accumulated after surgery.

If he still hurts in a couple weeks, his surgeon will call for a scan to see what's going on. He did
have pancreatitis from having to peel the kidney off it to get said kidney out. Ouch. One kidney weighed 8lbs, one weighed 9lbs. Basically, really big twins!

Overall, being honest, there's not much difference in Dh's feelings. He doesn't hurt AS BAD, but still must take pain meds *RX, not Tylenol, when it gets bad. About one every other day or so. His overall feeling is 'not feeling well' most of the time.

We knew going in that this would not 'fix' all his problems, as being kidney free has it's own issues to deal with. I don't know if he will eventually gain back his energy and enthusiasm, but we will see. We are nearly 5 weeks out from surgery. Prob need more time.

There's a lot that happened in those 12 days in hospital. Yes, 12. There was fever, gout, dialysis port issues, and an episode where I thought he was having a stroke or heart attack. That was from back to back dialysis appts and them taking too much fluid off when he hadn't eaten or drank anything in a week. Grrrr. It wasn't heart or stroke, thank you, Father. He's fine now.

We thought he might go to rehab for 3 weeks when released, rather than coming home, but he rallied and got himself up and moving and out of there. Dh is nothing if not stubborn. But he would say determined, lol. :D

So that's where we're at now. Recovering, dealing with the aftermath, life going on. He's a full time stay at home dad now, other than dialysis times. He'll enjoy it more when he feels better, I"m sure. I"m back to work, blah. Short term disability only pays 60% of a full time check, so we need all I can bring in.

God has been good to us. He goes before and He stands behind. We are grateful for this life we get to share. :)