My Day With Kidney Dialysis

This is how I'm coping with my day. I found a rose in full bloom this morning and had to take a picture. I'll swear I'm getting more like my Mother all the time.

I'm not the one on dialysis my husband is. So anything I say is from my point of view.

My moods go up and down depending on how his moods are and how he is feeling.

He sure has had some rough patches the last 3 weeks. A heart attack and one week later his lungs filled with fluid one week later high fevers and stopped eating. He is now falling so I got a walker out for him that was stored in the garage, I can't get him to use it.

He's only 55 and way to young to be this sick.

He told me this morning that he didn't think he would make it.

So I watch him sleep and my heart is broken watching this sweet man waste away.

Today is our 18th anniversary but he's too weak to talk much. So to keep my mind busy I've been in contact with my daughter today and we are on a mission.

Although my husband and I are not destitute we are struggling like lots of people right now.

I can only do so much in the way of repairs to our home, things are scotch taped up pretty good around here.

The large repairs I can't afford and pray for a answer for the burden on my shoulders.

We are in desperate need of a new roof for our house to satisfy our home owners policy. So now were talking impossible. When out of the blue God worked through a stranger from another country to start us on our way. This special person willl never know what they did for me and my husband. The kids are probably tried of hearing me talk and worry about how I'm going to ever replace this roof in time. My daughters and I are so overwhelmed and humbled by the actions of this special person that we decided to put this gift to the best use we could. The new roof is in the works. We have a base to work off now and we will see it through.

So I'm thinking now that maybe I'm wrong about my husband maybe he will get better. Unforseen things do happen and I have hope that his condition will turn around.

This blog is not meant for a diary I make and sell hairbows for little girls. I have had so many emails from people that are suffering from kidney failure and I know that anyone that clicks into this has kidney failure somewhere in there life.

Please remember my husband has type 2 diabetes and uncontroled sugar for years that took his kidneys. Not all kidney failure is permanent.

Forgive the typo's I know they are here, just can't find them.

Lets have a wonderful day, Judy

The Home Dialysis Ups and Downs

I'm looking for all the good that I can find here. The home dialysis is going well its the kidney failure that's the problem. Along with the dialysis comes with other problems. My husbands kidneys failed because he is a diabetic. This is a permanent thing here. Didn't take long to learn the dialysis machine and we just plan our mornings and evenings around hooking up to the machine. It's the other things that a diabetic suffers from. Within the last 3 weeks he has had a heart attack, one week later his lungs filled with fluid then something else never did find out what it was. Fever of 104 stopped eating and drinking not able to walk and very weak. This past weekend I thought I would lose him. The body endures so much he started eating today, walking without falling. He is on the mend and things are looking up.

The home dialysis really is easy to do now. I am so careful about washing my hands before I touch anything. They say wash with a antibacterial soap and sing happy birthday three times. I really feel like a dunce sometimes so I started making up my own lyrics to the song. After washing use antibacterial gel then glove oh and don't forget to mask before you do any of this. The machine does not take up much room but the supplies do. I have 2 walls lined with boxes 10 high of dextrose solution for his dialysis. Home dialysis is so much easier on a person then going to the center to have your blood cleaned.

I really do like it and would advise anyone to try it.
Better health for the patient and gives me a chance to care for him myself.
I have found that in the hospital you can't expect the nurses to know about dialysis. They usually have a PD nurse that will set you up. Even the EMTs did not know and what suprised me was the life flight. The most knowledgable of all really don't know either. You have to be an advocate for you loved one.

Dialysis under these conditions is no bed of roses but not all dialysis is permanet. There are many things that can cause kidney failure. My husband s was caused by many years of high uncontroled sugar. Its very hard to get them to watch thier diet and they pay later. It's a real shame but thats the way it is.

God bless anyone reading this, you would not have clicked on it if you did not have a loved one that was ill. Judy

DISCOUNT ON MY WEBSITE WHEN YOU VISIT MY BLOG

Good morning, its going to be a great day.

While I'm working on my website I want to keep it active.

Although I sell on ebay, the high fees take so much of my profit.

I want to offer a 10% discount on anything on my website.

Just email me and tell me you saw it on my blog and you will receive a 10% discount.

This applies to anything on my website. angelbowboutique.com

My website is a work in progress since my husband went on home dialysis.

It takes time to care for him.

During this time while I am confined to home I find that I put more thought and work into

my crafts.

I thank God that I have this outlet.

Email me at:

judy@angelbowboutique.com

and tell me you saw it on my blog.

custom orders welcome, same discount.

Have a great day, Judy

I Love Customer Pictures

What a model, she is beautiful

I'm always proud to receive pictures from my customers showing me their little angels wearing the hairbows I've made. I had to share this one. These are 4 inch big fluffy hairbows made of 1-1/2 inch growgrain ribbons. Placed on a matching ribbon covered alligator pinch clip that is 1-3/4 inchs long. These are on my website for only $1.80 each when you buy a lot of 10. Look in the best buy section.

angelbowboutique.com

Learning Home Dialysis

Oh boy, we started training today for home dialysis for my husband. I know we will like it but so much to learn. For one thing its very hard to stay in a small room with a nurse from 8:30 in the morning till afternoon. Lucky for us the PD Nurse is a doll. I wonder how she feels about staying in the room with my husband all day. Oh course there can't be anything wrong with me, but he must irritate her, he does me.

Well will be so happy when we don't have to get up at 4:00 AM for him to catch his ride to the dialysis center and set in a chair for 3 hours while his blood is being cleaned.
This way we will get more rest. I'm still not sure why I had to get up that early with him, somehow it makes his coffee taste better. Sound familiar? Thats ok we love to do it.

I'm taking a break from ebay and my website for this week but next week I'll be back. I really look forward to it. I have lots of plans.

I'm still woking on my ribbon roses. I don't think I've seen anything so pretty before.

So life goes on and the dinner dishes are waiting on me I guess because they are still there.


Have a great day, Judy

I'm working on my Website WOW

Well I started a website with mircosoft live free website. At first I thought I did not like it but after working with it awhile its looking great. No fancy but the idea is to sell my bows and other things without going through ebay. Typo's and some pages not ready yet, but I'm getting proud of it. The price is right its free. Take a look and give feedback. Judy

angelbowboutique.com

email me at judy@angelbowboutique.com

FREE HAIRBOW INSTRUCTIONS

There is so much interest in the hair bow instructions I posted several months ago.

I have posted some new ones on a new website I'm trying to build. I say trying because it seams really hard to me. Maybe I'm computer challenged and I'm just finding out. Anyway these are instructions for my Pony Bows that I sell on Ebay. They are adorable and easy to make. They don't take so much ribbon as the others do. They are good ones for someone to learn with.

I have lots of ribbon and clips so I added a page to the website for someone to buy a small kit. Just enough to make a few hairbows and get the feel of it without spending so much money. I will be available for questions at any time. I'm not really making anything on them its just for convenience for someone that does not have shopping near them. Here is the website. I also have alligator clips and no slip clips starting at .99 on ebay for the next 7 days.

angelbowboutique.com and my ebay auctions under judiths_closet.

Everyone have a great day, Judy