Test results are in...

...and things look good so far. The dye study that was done yesterday didn't show any evidence that the fluid went into his pleural cavity or his scrotum. So, this means that Max will be admitted to the hospital tomorrow (Friday) after his dialysis treatment. They will be starting his PD trials in the hospital so that they can monitor him to be sure that he is tolerating it well.

Dr. Dixon's plan is to start him out with 120mL's (4 ounces) of dianeal fluid with the manual setup. He is hoping to get him to 140mL's by Saturday night so that they can switch him over to the cycler. I am not too sure how long he will be in, but I assume if everything goes well, it will be less than a week. They said that they won't keep him in there just to go up on his volume. They will send him home and let us do that here.

Remember that this is primarily to stretch out his peritoneal cavity, but if we can get him to tolerate it as a dialysis option we will be in a much better situation. I also want to point out that the dye study doesn't mean that once we start adding volume to his belly that it won't pop that hernia back open. Of course, we are praying that this doesn't happen for obvious reasons. Also note, that he will continue to do the hemo dialysis while we move forward with this process. Max will technically be on two forms of dialysis, which isn't a bad thing. As Dr. Ben says, you can never have too much dialysis. I don't know if it's possible, but maybe this will help him along with his growing and developing as well.

Keep Max in your prayers that everything stays in it's place and doesn't go wandering around his little body. I'll have my computer with me at the hospital, so I will keep you all posted.