popped fistula

Andy's been for his dialysis today came back tired and slept for a few hours ,other than that his mood is a bit better today ,his not stopped eating ,I'm not worried though its better than smoking ,he has to have extra dialysis on Sunday because his still got to much fluid on ,so by the time he goes Sunday he will have even more fluid on ,a nurse popped his fistula last week so he has had a massive arm and its still swollen now ,i popped it once in hospital when they was training me to put Andy on dialysis,he said it doesn't hurt but it makes you arm feel heavy and tight. fistula sights in his arm are very ugly ,they never used to look like that but after being used allot they look horrible ,they look bumpy now. a fistula is a joining off a vein and artery to make a thicker sight to insert two needles which one takes the blood out and it goes into the dialysis machine and cleans it and takes any excess fluid off and then goes back into his arm threw the other needle,he has just got used to having the needles put in without numbing it first ,brave cos them needles are huge,lol,their is a little story in the worksop guardian today and a pic off Andy in hospital ,its about having a renal unit at worksop which is a ten minuet drive from were we live,we cant wait ,read for yourself ,,,www.worksop guardian.co.uk. had my grandson kye today he has been good today,we went out to post a letter and he went up to Andy and kissed his nose and said ta ta love you ,so sweet ,tonight after tea i went to my friend rach so she could dye my hair for me cos of all the gray ....hate it lol ,why do we have to go grey ,so thanks rach,ttfn.xxx the pic above is a fistula .