Perioteneal Dialysis for 88 y o mom

[Bronco1964]

Hello All,

My 88 y o mother will begin her PD on July 21st. All of us, 5 girls will take turns helping mom with her Perioteneal Dialysis 7 days a week. We have made modifications to her bedroom, storage room, and have a rolling cart, a bedside table and a heating pad for her body discomforts during exchanges. 🙏

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Wow! Great y’all are helping out mom. Moms are great. I was on Pd for five weeks prior to my living donor transplant. It was easy process. Though, I did the automated Pd. Is your mom doing manuals or automated?

[Bronco1964 in reply to Hidden]

Hi

It will be a cycle, Claria by Baxter. Our concern is the discomfort that mom will experience during exchanges. We pray she wouldn't have much pain during exchanges when she's going through it at night.

[KidneyCoach NKF Ambassador]

Don't forget a heating unit for solutions ( should come with it). Blessings all of you for helping out your mum.

[Darlenia in reply to KidneyCoach]

PD cyclers automatically warm solutions and won't let you proceed until that's done so no worries there. And yes, you're right - the daughters are truly angels for watching over their mother. Warms the heart.

[Oceanviewed]

Please keep us updated with how your mom is doing. She is very courageous. I am 80 and looking at the same thing so its a great encouragement to read your story.

[Bronco1964 in reply to Oceanviewed]

Thank you all who put in their feedbacks on my post. :)Yes, I will definitely will update/ comment/ post my experiences with mom.

😊

[Bronco1964 in reply to Oceanviewed]

Hi All,

So mom started PD. The issues we had this past week was her PD cath was not draining at all. Apparently, the catheter got displaced by having too much gas in her stomach, her being constipated, and fibrin formation. All of these were resolved with irrigating her catheter using high doses of heparin, anti-coagulant, stool laxatives, golitely and lactulose. Lesson learned, that we have to visually see her stools in the toilet, despite of she reported if having bowel movements when asked.

[Oceanviewed in reply to Bronco1964]

This is a learning curve for us all. Sounds like you are staying on top of things