Ben had an appointment with the vascular lab on March 2nd and then with a vascular doctor on the 3rd. His fistula still looks okay, but there is a little concern about some narrowing at one end of the vein. The doctor said things are okay right now, but she wants him to begin doing some exercises with a stress ball, or something similar, to help get the vein to grow. The objective is to reverse the narrowing, because if the narrowing continues, they will have to go in and fix the problem by using a balloon stint. The main concern about doing that is that the dye they have to use is hard on the kidneys. Considering that Ben is at the end of Stage 4, we don't want to do anything that may push him into Stage 5.
He was also finally able to go to the dentist. Everything checked out well there also. The surgery coordinator called to let us know that she has all of the paperwork she needed. The package should be on its way to Washington already and we are praying we hear good news soon!
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