PD Catheter Flush 1/1/2020

Since I still have the unused peritoneal catheter, I’m flushing it every few days. I used a manual exchange bag with 2500 mL of 2.5% dextrose solution split into two fills/drains of ~1250 mL. When I first did the initial drain, I noticed that the fluid was super red, like it was 100% blood. I took a photo of the first drain:

Usually when there is some bleeding in the abdominal cavity, some blood will tinge the solution pink. This seems a lot more reddish than previous instances of pink drain. There mush have been a lot of blood. I know a few days ago I had constipation and had to push really hard to poop, probably harder than I should have considering the surgery recovery. After draining, I filled with the remaining 1250 mL of dialysate solution. Hopefully all the blood was flushed out with the first drain and the second drain will be more normal. I also got about 200+ mL of UF on the first drain so I may get 400-500 mL of UF total, which will make hemodialysis a bit easier tomorrow.

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