Skypark Dialysis

No one in the RIGHT MIND wants to have to go through dialysis because it means something is wrong with your kidneys.
About 20 years ago I had an aunt I would take to dialysis about 3 times a week. I was in college and I would schedule my classes around her dialysis to make sure I was able to take her and bring her back home, get something to eat, whatever she needed on those days. It takes a while so I would study or do my homework which was NICE for me and ha because she got what she needed and I got to do what I needed to as well.
Now several years later I am doing it again but this time for the mom-​in-​ator. She caught that stupid bug that so many of us caught but hers turned into pneumonia and she ended up in the hospital and the antibiotics stressed out her kidneys so she is on a temporary dialysis.
Its NOT an EASY THING but this place makes it SOOOO much easier to get through the process. The staff is WONDERFUL, ATTENTIVE, and they KNOW there job and DO IT WELL!
They are always checking on my mom and making sure she is ok. They get me a chair so I can sit with her while she is being dialyzed. I usually work to help pass the time. If I don’t want to sit in the room I can sin in the small lobby area. It is NOT all NEW like some parts of the hospital but I can work so it workable for me.
The chairs are UBER COMFY for the patients and they reclined WAAYYYY BACK so they are able to go to sleep if they want. All chairs also come with personal mini TV and the patients can turn the channel to whatever they want. VERY NICE!
They have a dietician on site that went over all sorts of do’s and don’t for eating because when your on dialysis there are certain things you can’t eat or drink. To make it easier for us the dietician gave us all sorts of shopping list with approved foods, drinks, several list of different AVOID FOODS of BETTER CHOICES and she even gave me a cook book. When I had a question of different foods of fruits that were not listed she went back and checked.
They also have a social worker on site as well to help with any and ALL NEEDS that we might have and they will set things up for you that your insurance covers. They also provide extra numbers for additional care a person might need too. VERY HELPFUL! They do ask a lot of questions so be prepared. Not sure why they need to know the same information all over again but they ask its medical so we are all used to answering those repeated questions over, and over, and over, and over and over… did I say OVER AGAIN! It is helpful but as always redundant.
The actual dialysis room is NOT VERY big but that is NICE because they don’t have upwards of 30 people in one room and NOT enough staff like some places do. They are adequately staffed and there has NEVER been a time when my mom needed something and there was no one around. TO make sure they get to you each chair also has a call button so if during dialysis you feel bad or funny or sick they are ON IT! LOVE IT!
Each nephrologist comes by one or twice a week so see how the patient is doing making it much easier on the person to NOT have to make an additional doctors appt to go in later because they do it all at the time of the dialysis. GREAT!
Like a stated NO ONE WANTS to have to deal with dialysis but if you need it that is a NICE facility! They know you already feel bad so they go out of their way to make you comfortable and get you in and out.