Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019 – Clinic Day

Once again we headed out to the clinic in Tullahoma after I did my chores and let the horses out in the pasture, grabbing some breakfast at Burger King on the way. Spent the required hour plus talking with the doctor, the nurse, the dietician and the social worker, all of whom confessed that we were an inspiring story to them, that most of their patients don’t have anywhere near the determination to keep living life to the fullest after a diagnosis of “end stage renal disease.” We told them half the problem was the name of the dang thing, it sounds so final! Hubby explained that he just views dialysis as a few hours spend with an artifical kidney that does the job his real kidneys used to do, and that it’s no big deal. Again, the staff were rather astonished at his positive outlook. Anyway, after that, we did a little bit of shopping, then headed back to camp where we did a dialysis session and chilled for the day. Glad to say the horses are starting to get used to this routine, coming when I called them from the pasture, and no trouble getting them into their appointed stall. After all, dinner was waiting for them in there! Settled down for a quiet evening.

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