Shawn's Battle

Sorry I haven't wrote in a while...so much has happened in the last month!! Shawn was admitted in the hospital on May 24, 2010 because he had shortness of breath, and we found out he was in fluid overload. They started dialysis treatments in the hospital for 3 days before they let him go home. He was a changed man, from his looks to his energy level. I had almost forgot how his face and skinny legs looked before all the swelling. Then that following Monday he started his treatments at the dialysis center in Denton. The first week was good, he had early appointments and they started off slow and he felt really good. His appetite came back, and his energy was awesome, he was just ready to go go go.

Now this week is completely different and I am sure it will continue to be up and down. They changed his schedule to 4:30 in the afternoon and we are don't home til 10:00pm. I think on Monday they took too much off. He was very swollen from the weekend and they took off 4.5 kilos which is 9 lbs., and he experienced leg cramps and started vomiting his last hour of treatment and continued to after we got home. He had no energy tuesday and wednesday and vomited again Wednesday night after treatment. He has complained of terrible headaches every day too, probably a combination of his blood pressure being high and the treatment.

It is so hard to see him go through this and know that you can't make him feel better. I have tried to avoid waiting in the waiting area at the center b/c the patients are so depressed and just plain tired of going through this, and it just gets you down. I don't want him to end up feeling that way at all, he has to stay here on this earth for many reasons including his son Landon and I. We love him sooooooooo much and I pray for him every day to feel better!!