Hemodiealysis (222.r.3)

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SACRAMENTO » NANCY • January • I hate dialysis. Over the two hours of a session I go from onehundred-percent down to no energy at all. I am lucky even, others like Mark do almost twice as long. I don’t know how he seems so unaffected… it is almost like he gets stronger from the treatment. I had a liver transplant last summer, but my kidneys never came back. They said they should: the transplant went well, and I recovered from surgery in a couple months. But the old kidneys don’t seem to like the new liver… why can’t they just get along? Why didn’t the doctors add a kidney at the same time they swapped in the new liver? Now I have to wait again. And go through surgery again. And recover again. I can only hope other senators don’t notice my second absence. • I come to dialysis — as late as possible in my afternoon session, so I can stay in the office or on the senate floor as long as possible. I know I have hurried a lot of work and bills through as 3pm approached, but I hope it is just a good kick in the pants to keep things moving. People just think I am very impatient, which is true… but now more than ever. Because I come so late, I finish a bit after Mark. His session is longer, but he seems to arrive a bit after noon. His needles are pulled and he is dressed before my catheter is recapped. The first week he showed up, he was just another masked man. We never talked during dialysis. We are even in different sections because I need an RN for my catheter. I don’t think the needles are worth it, but at least he doesn’t have to protect his chest all the time. He can even take showers… sigh, that would be nice. • It was a strange coincidence — that turned a masked man into the living person named Mark. I take Hoyst to and from dialysis. I - 47 -


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Epilogue : Hemodienamics

2min
pages 175-180

Venice » Mark

2min
pages 171-174

Donations » Dr. A

1min
pages 169-170

Doctors (2) » Dr. A

2min
pages 167-168

Requests » Dr. A

3min
pages 159-162

Requests » Mark

1min
pages 155-156

Exodus (3) » Sandra

1min
pages 157-158

Doctors » Dr. A

3min
pages 163-166

Exodus (2) » Sandra

1min
pages 153-154

Exodus » Patrick

1min
pages 151-152

Bishop » John

3min
pages 139-142

Exodus » Sandra

6min
pages 145-148

Exodus » Mark

2min
pages 143-144

Safe Houses » Mark

3min
pages 137-138

Defending Boardwalk » Ron

1min
pages 135-136

Exodus » Bruce

1min
pages 149-150

Defending Boardwalk » Mark

5min
pages 131-134

The Neighborhood » Carl

4min
pages 127-130

Negotiations » Dr. A

2min
pages 125-126

The Second Convoy

3min
pages 109-112

July 5th

4min
pages 113-116

Razors

2min
pages 107-108

350 Acres

2min
pages 121-124

Communication

3min
pages 117-120

Menlo Park » Jo-Anne

2min
pages 103-104

Sunnyvale » Dr. A

1min
pages 105-106

It Takes a Village

4min
pages 87-90

Ignorance

1min
pages 93-94

Convoy

8min
pages 95-100

Contact Lists » Mark

1min
pages 101-102

The Ring

4min
pages 83-86

Lana

3min
pages 79-82

Five Hundred

3min
pages 77-78

Hemodiealysis

2min
pages 75-76

El Toro

2min
pages 73-74

Phones and Watches

2min
pages 71-72

Sirius Black

1min
pages 69-70

Needles » Mark

3min
pages 66-68

Bills » Nancy

3min
pages 63-65

Influence

1min
pages 53-54

Sacramento » Nancy

4min
pages 57-60

Road Trips

2min
pages 55-56

Recovery

5min
pages 47-50

Menlo Park (4) » Susan

1min
pages 51-52

Roofs

5min
pages 43-46

Menlo Park (3) » Susan

1min
pages 41-42

Menlo Park (2) » Susan

1min
pages 27-28

Vampires and Slaves

5min
pages 35-40

Hemodialysis

4min
pages 31-34

Menlo Park » Susan

1min
pages 19-20

The Prank

6min
pages 13-18

The Recruit » Dr. A

1min
pages 29-30

Transplant Lists

7min
pages 21-26
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