My doctor stopped by this morning to fill in the blanks. My kidneys effectively shut down yesterday due to inactivity. I couldn’t eat or drink anything and I guess my kidneys felt they were no longer needed. After ‘plumping’ them with saline/potassium solutions, they’ve come back to life and seem to be functioning as they […]

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It is 5:20 a.m. and I am wide awake as I watch sun rise over the backlot of Huntington Memorial Hospital. Patrick hauled me off to the ER yesterday morning when there just seemed to be no other alternative. Turns out I was dehydrated and was beginning to lose some kidney functions, in addition to […]

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