Missing Mark

    September 13 th and 14 th 2024 Another day at the hospital watching labs and meeting with the doctor. We are feeling positive, and the team is going to attempt dialysis again. If that is successful, they will attempt to do a form of dialysis that takes fluid off the body but doesn’t return it. This is imperative to remove some of the fluid accumulation from all the IV’s. Mark is carrying 80 extra pounds of fluid. In the late afternoon they attempt SLED (a slower form of dialysis) and are having some success. We are so elated; it is the first time it has worked! The machines are giving them some issues so we all headed home feeling confident that they would be able to remove some of the fluid buildup. How did it all go so wrong so fast? Or does it just seem that way because we were so focused on each small win? The next morning, the 14 th , we gathered for coffee in the early hours to go over the chart notes for the night before we headed for the hospital. I did...