With two failed
kidney transplant, Rebekah's immune system being too strong dialysis
was considered. Not the dialysis where a patient is hooked up to a
machine while the patient lays back on a bed but what is called CAPD
– Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis.
A bag of
dialysis fluid flows slowly under gravity into the body, does its job
extracting the toxins then flows out into a collecting bag. The
patient can move about and lead a semi-normal life while the dialysis
system works. CAPD – Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis. A
patient had to have input and output shunts to which the two bags
were attached.
Rebekah was put
forward for CAPD and for the minor operation she would need to have
the shunts inserted. This was not anywhere near as good as a working
transplanted organ. Rebekah's body was too strong, two transplants
had failed so the option of CAPD was seriously considered. I wasn't
happy but I went along with it.
After no more
than three clinic appointment minds were changed. I was not happy, I
was desperate to secure a working renal system for my darling
daughter. The doctors had another plan, a better plan, Plan B.
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