Stretcher Girl Walking

I haven’t seen her for a few days but today, she walked into the dialysis center with help. I saw the same leg braces she was wearing when she walked out last time. Hopefully this means she’s on the road to recovery.

Why am I writing so many posts about someone whose name I don’t even know? I guess I’m afraid that whatever happens to the other dialysis patients will eventually happen to me if I don’t get a kidney transplant. It’s easy to ignore on a day-to-day basis but the ugly mortality numbers are always there in my mind. It feels like I’m walking in a minefield blindfolded, not sure when the next explosion will happen. I’m finding out about all these complications from dialysis that my nephrologist never told me about. I doubt it would have made any difference on medical decisions though. I had thought dialysis meant a “normal” life… ha! Dialysis just barely keeps you alive, if alive means exhausted all the time and susceptible to a bunch of new health issues.