Good morning, Ginger, et al: here’s an update on our experience with my husband’s dialysis journey. Currently, he is receiving dialysis at a Wisconsin DaVita center. He will have his stomach port placed on March 1. We have a small, remote desert second home in Arizona, which my husband dearly loves and he’s anxious to return there. I had heard that it was difficult to get supplies and we are going to have to have them sent to two places so I thought I better get that organized. I called DaVita but no, that information requires a call to the supplier. OK – well I’m glad I did because while I thought we would be able to leave in April it now appears that if everything goes perfectly, mid May is the earliest we can leave . I wasn’t aware that there would be two weeks of flushes required and I also learned that we will have to get a special certificate to take the machine on the airplane in the cabin. Whereas, I was under the impression that this machine will be 25 pounds, it is actually 35 pounds with an additional 10 pounds for the case , I have severe rotator cuff issues so I know I won’t be able to lift this myself. I am disappointed that DaVita didn’t explain any of this to us . All of this to say that there are a lot of moving parts to establishing home dialysis and you have to stay flexible. Vicki