The months following the illness

The doctors said that Darion would be eligible to do to peritoneal dialysis, which would allow him to continue working. PD dialysis can be performed over night as the patient sleeps. They performed an outpatient surgery to insert the catheter for the dialysis and said they would not be able to start the dialysis for two-three weeks. During that time, he became more ill and had more complications. He was able to do PD dialysis for one week before the swelling in his body began. The doctors decided to put an access in (catheter) for hemo dialysis because his body was filling with toxins since the kidney was not functioning. This required the placement of a catheter in a different location. It was hard seeing all the tubes and cuts all over from his stomach up to his chest and neck. He had to start going to dialysis three days a week. Meanwhile, I had used up all of my personal time at work and was going to school for my Masters. It was really difficult because most nights I didn't sleep. I didn't want to complain to others, but keep my faith. I just prayed and prayed and the support of friends, the church and family was definitely a blessing. Additionally, my good friend Tanya was going through the exact same thing -- only it was her sister. I would call her to vent about different things and she understood. We exchanged our experiences quite often. Darion's dad had come back into his life and was very supportive. He told Darion that he wanted the doctors to take his failed kidney and put it inside of him while Darion took his only functioning kidney. Can you believe that? His dad was willing to go on dialysis for the sake of his son.