Tablo

Hey folks.  At 77 years old, I have retired from nursing and am now living in Eagle River Alaska with my wife of 48 years.  10 minutes from my three grandkids.  When I began this thread I was curious about the Tablo system, having never seen or heard of it.  I kind of grew up on Baxter, then graduated to Fresenius after starting the inpatient unit in Tifton, GA. Many of my reservations about Tablo have been addressed here.  I so appreciate the knowledge and experience, and always have on this forum.  I especially enjoy when concerns or questions are answered with such respect and thoroughness.  Working in dialysis certainly has challenges,  but as it is in most nursing positions, there are patients who are just scared folks and rightly so.  Dialysis is similar to hospice in a way.  It's basically a terminal situation.  By showing genuine  empathy and professional care, we certainly help the overall unfortunate state they find themselves in.   Thanks for reading my rambles over the years.  Keep up the great work.

Steven

Hey there Steven AKA Diablo... what an interesting ride this career, nephrolgy, has been. I, also, grew up (LOL, cause I'm certainly older now) using Baxters (work horses for sure) then on to Fresenius. Did u use the (forgive my memory of the 70's) Cobe w/ Sarns pump? Used for coil dialyzers.. that,  more often then not, ruptured/blood leaks? And the Gambro flat plate dialyzer maybe in the early 80's. How interesting this has been. Honor sharing thoughts and memories with you.. and all the hard working, dedicated nurses.. that are picking up where we left off. Gooo nurses...and cont.to pick our filled to the rim brains nurses.  Be well Steven.  Alaska? Wow!