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Rhonda I am praying for you and your Ben hugs
Lelia
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rhonda Partain" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 5:55 PM
Subject: dialysis
> We spoke with the dialysis people today. We have an appointment June
> 9th
> for an evaluation regarding the tube that is placed in the abdomen to
> allow
> dialysis to be done at home. They say Medicare will pay 80% and usually a
> dialysis person pays somewhere around 2 to three hundred a montyh. There
> is a state program we might qualify for that could help.
> In the beginning Ben will hae to do the dialysis treatments four times a
> day
> each time taking 30 minutes, later on, after four to 8 weeks he can
> perhaps
> qualify for a cycler machine which would work while he sleeps.
> They train you in the office for a week, and then come out to the house
> for
> several visits to make sure everything is being done properly.
> So...guess we have a lot of new things to get used to. Ben can only have
> 32
> ounces of liquid per day, that would be hard for me I am always thirsty.
> Well, we will see what happens.
> He can try and apply for a transplant, perhaps one of us would be a match.
> But that is further down the line, need to get his health better first.
>
> Rhonda
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