Monday, January 11, 2010

Blue Monday

Hate to report this, but after a stellar week (starting last Wednesday) with Robert J feeling more lively and energetic than he has in years, he arrived at dialysis at 10 this morning to learn his access graft was once again clotted. The great nurses at the center got on the phone and reached his vascular surgeon's offce, and got surgery scheduled for 2:30 today. We dashed to the hospital by 12:30 as requested, then had to wait until after 5 for the OR to be available. Kind of a groundhog day for us, except this time he has to spend a couple of nights in the hospital too. The doc put in a temporary chest catheter access, then will repair the damaged arm access on Wednesday after a couple of sessions of dialysis in between. Dare we hope he comes home on Thursday? That's the current plan. Cross your fingers and toes that all goes as planned. He had successfully returned to cardiac rehab and was on the way to getting more active. We'll make that happen starting again on Friday!
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RJ/Bob/Irv is a 61-year-old beloved husband, father, uncle, brother, motor racing fanatic, and Livermore resident who received a heart and kidney transplant in February of 2010. Bob's recent years have been defined by his health, which forced him into early retirement. Unfortunately, many of his days were spent in a dialysis center or at various medical appointments, primarily due to his living with diabetes for over 40 years. Numerous were panic visits to various Emergency Rooms all over California for treatment of chest pain. But now no more dialysis and no more late-night dashes to UCSF! The main focus of Bob's family, friends, and doctors has been a prompt transplant, so that he can get back to traveling with his Sweetie, driving fast cars, enjoying great music and laughing with his friends. This blog will function as a way to communicate with all interested parties and to keep everyone informed. And hopefully it can serve a great purpose also, in making people more aware of the importance of organ donation and how each life saved has a positive effect on dozens of related friends and relatives.