Cannulation Will Begin

DustyMark's Journey, Words from Mark 9 Comments

March 30 I’ve been waiting to hear back from the surgical center to see if Mark will need to have another small surgery to make his fistula work better or if its matured enough that we can start using it. When we had to meeting with Dr. DeJong he couldn’t see why we couldn’t use it but wanted to check …

Update and Part 2 from Mark

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March 26th This week has been slightly rough as Mark often woke up sick. The immunotherapy can reak havoc on his system and the pink puke bucket has been close at all times. Today (Saturday) he seems to feel better. Thank goodness. He seems to have more energy and be more alert. He got some things listed on facebook and …

Part 1:  Destined to Die

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March 23rd 2022-Mark Linsley Palliative Care Hebrews 9:27-28 New International Version 27 “Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, 28 so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.” “Palliative care (derived from the Latin root palliare, or …

DustyMark's Journey 6 Comments

People often say to me things along the lines of how great I’m doing or something like that, and I reply with something like—-I’m doing what any wife would do. But then I’m reminded by stories I’ve heard and stories people tell me….that not everyone does. I can’t imagine though…running from it. I hear stories of wives (and husbands) that …

Week 2 of Florida

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March 16 Today (wed) was suppose to be cruddy so I booked a River Tour in hopes of seeing dolpins and manatees. It was a really nice tour and we did see doplins…in fact one jumped up out of the water right in front of us. I actually really like hearing the history and seeing all the houses. I worried …

We didn’t Leave You…We Just Left You

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March 12th I’ve had lots of thoughts…but I don’t write. Events have happened…but I don’t write. I’m trying to chill…but its hard. My brain doesn’t know how to do that…my body doesn’t know how to do that. Even if I’m sitting still..it doesn’t mean I’m relaxed. We didn’t leave you…we just left you to go south. The loose ends became …

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Feb 27th Felicity’s appointment went well and baby sounds really good. Mark stayed home and mostly slept while I was gone. I returned home to do dialysis and he slept most of that too. After dialysis he ate some more and fell asleep. He slept alot today. Like abnormally. He also urinated alot more in the last 24 hours.. (1500ml). …