Andy and I were up most of the night. It just happened.

He tried to snooze but it didn’t last.

He finally conked out.

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Genuine Andy “floof!” He had a big mat under his left arm. I turned him over on his back and pulled and brushed it out. He wasn’t happy to be brushed, of course, but I got a lot of mat material above and beyond the actual mat out that way. I probably stopped the formation of other mats, too. 

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After going into all the details yesterday about bleed outs and dialysis, I forgot to mention the side effect that hits me most: Total fatigue, necessitating a nap! Someone compared this fatigue to being like that after running a marathon. I doubt it’s that bad, but it is bad enough.

Four hours on dialysis plus another hour split on either end of it is a big time chunk three times a week. Some time after getting home, usually two, three hours later, I’ll suddenly feel weak and very exhausted. Some days all I can do is just nap in a chair because I’m too tired to get to my bed. Most times, I do make it to my bed, where I typically get a four-hour or so nap. So much for nighttime sleep then!