After Surgery News

When John went to the hospital in April we were all praying that the kidney would be saved, but that was not the case. John ended up having to have his only kidney removed. Going into this we knew very little about dialysis, and how one could live without such an important organ. We got a crash course! Dialysis is very difficult especially if you are as active as John is! He did and continues to do everything that he needs to do to make living without a kidney bearable. He only eats the food that he should, and he is very careful to limit his fluid intake! But after his surgery and the difficulties of dialysis he had a cardiac arrest on April 23rd ~ so back to Good Samaritan again! Once he got to Good Sams he had a defibrillator put in... he also caught a bad virus there that made him very sick. After all the surgery cardiac arrest and C- diff John lost over 50 pounds in one month!