Local patients explain why it works for them
Robert Nickell has been on peritoneal dialysis, which he can do at home, for two months. Hemodialysis, on the other hand, requires spending four to five hours three days a week at a dialysis clinic.
Robert Nickell prepares the dialysis device he uses at his home east of Durango.
Robert Nickell displays the catheter he uses to connect tubing from his home dialysis device.
The kidneys are found on either side of the abdominal cavity, at the rear. They remove waste from the blood and empty it into the urinary bladder.
