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03-OCT-2003 Katherine

Burgaw, NC

A day in the life of a kidney dialysis patient. FYI: the cylinder at far right (you
can only see bottom half) is the patient's artificial kidney. The blood line pulls the blood from
the arm access and sends it through the machine and then through the artifical kidney, where it
runs down through tiny tubes. Coming up the opposite way in the art.kid., flowing around these tubes, is
the dialysate liquid that pulls the toxins and extra fluid out of the blood. (they never touch each
other). Then the blood is pumped back through a return line into the body. The dialysate
goes down the drain. This is repeated over and over for 3 to 4 hours each treatment, 3 times
a week.

Olympus C-2100UZ
1/60s f/2.8 at 13.0mm iso100 with Flash full exif

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Guest 13-Oct-2003 15:26
POST SCRIPT:
Not two days after taking this picture, this very fortunate man got called for a
kidney transplant. Sometimes years go by before any of our patients are called. So this picture was one of his very last treatments.
Everyone at the unit was very happy for him.
Katherine
Bruce Ward09-Oct-2003 00:44
Very well composed. A great shot.
Pam Brake06-Oct-2003 11:40
Super shot! Composition is emotion provoking and the black and white adds to the mood.
Wendy O05-Oct-2003 20:41
Interesting image, good choice for black and white. And thanks for the explanation.
Guest 05-Oct-2003 05:08
Really an impressive shot.
UZgroup(UZ Alumni)05-Oct-2003 00:39
I think you made the right decision. I could actually see this picture in a book.
Vera
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