Your Stories - Carole Evans

Nothing is going to stop Carole Evans from travelling the world. Not even the fact that she needs continuous hemodialysis treatment to stay alive.

In 2006, Evans - a patient in Humber River Regional Hospital's renowned nocturnal hemodialysis program - decided to take home dialysis to a new level. She had a custom dialysis trailer built (the first of its kind) so she could spend less time at home and more time visiting out-of-town family and friends.

"They were very supportive right from the beginning. Both the technical and nursing support is excellent and Dr. Andreas Pierratos is one of the most accessible physicians I've ever met in my life. It would never have happened at any other hospital," Evans added.

While compliments like Evans' are greatly appreciated, they're nothing new for Dr. Pierratos and the Humber River Dialysis team. After the death of Dr. Robert Uldall (the first doctor to train a patient to self-administer dialysis treatment at home during the night) in 1995, Dr. Pierratos took the lead in building Humber River's nocturnal dialysis program and elevating it to astounding international success. The program is the first of its kind worldwide and is one of the largest, now serving 57 people

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