Date:         Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:22:58 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Mike Collum update
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Mary says:
We saw the surgeon for a follow up appointment yesterday and the area
where the tube comes out of his tummy has finally started to
heal.  The long incision where they inserted all the tubing healed in
a few days but where it comes out has taken a longer time.  Looks
like we will be ready to start our training on November 8 as
planned.  He is counting down the sessions where he has to sit for 5
hours, only has 4 more sessions.  After seeing the surgeon yesterday
we went to the dialysis center that is going to be training us and
they flushed the catheter and it works very well.  We were told that
he will be coming off some of the meds he is now taking and that his
fluid intake will be unlimited. He will have to change doctors for a
short time until the dialysis center closer to home is up and
running,  I am not too happy about that but since it is only until
Spring I suppose I can handle it.  I have just become so dependant on
Dr Henry to guide us in the right direction and changing doctors in
midstream to me is not a good thing.

Yrs,
d