As some of you are wondering, what exactly is she doing all day in the hosptal? Well, besides watching football and working on her karate, she has two treatments she is recieving.
The first is Dialysis. This is basically where a machine does the work of the kidneys. Remember Biology 101? Well, niether did I. The kidneys are the two body parts responsible for cleaning your blood. As Annie's kidneys improve, the need for this treatment decreases. Currently, the kidneys are getting better and this treatment has been reduced to every two days. The doctors do not forsee her Dialysis continuing long term.
Here is a link for a great article :
http://www.medicinenet.com/dialysis/article.htm
The other procedure is Plasmapherisis. Which is an interesting procedure. Here is a cool article about it :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasmapheresis
Annie is no longer on a "Renal Diet". She is on a NSA No Added Salt diet. Sounds good to me. So if you bring her Wendy's Fries, be sure to lick all the salt off first.
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