Reply To: some things i learned to appreciate

so today i was in an in-patient hemo-dialysis unit. very interesting place. there were 7 bays, each with a dialysis machine. each machine is abt 4 1/2 tall, 2 feet wide by 2 feet length. patients came in and were hooked up to this machine for 2-4 hrs at a time to filter the blood of waste products and stuff generated by the body.

this large machine is doing the job of the kidneys. each kidney is abt as large as a regular computer mouse. and if CH”V they fail, these patients are dependent on these machines instead.

its amazing how technology is getting smaller and smaller yet they have not found a smaller solution.

its even more amazing how 2 relatively small organs can have such a large impact on the health of a person

i find all this very inspiring so i felt i had to share it