In the hospital

Joe's doctor decided to put him in the hospital - AN HOUR AWAY - because he couldn't find a spot at a dialysis clinic yet. So yesterday he went in. He had his first dialysis treatment, and they pulled 2 liters of fluid off him. Today he had another, and pulled a similar amount off. He says he's feeling ok, just a little tired, and bored out of his mind. I had to work today and I wasn't going to drive up there again because I didn't have any gas money but one of my coworkers gave me some - I wasn't looking for charity or sympathy, just mentioned I wasn't planning on going up and why, and she gave it to me. I was very (pleasantly) surprised. So my mom and I drove up tonight and stayed for about an hour. Joe is going on a trip - leaving Sunday or Monday - to Ohio for work training. I really wish he wouldn't go, but he's determined to. They have him set up to do dialysis there at 5:30am 3 days a week. I'm just worried he'll be too exhausted to be able to concentrate in class, plus there's the matter of keeping a good diet up there. I guess I just have to let him handle it. He'll probably be able to come home from the hospital tomorrow or Saturday, just in time to leave again.