Dialysis machine revolutionizes Homewood woman's treatment

NWI Times | Carrie Rodovich


Photo: Jonathan Miano | The TImes
Ashley Looney, of Homewood, uses a dialysis machine at her home. She is one of the first people in the area to begin using the NxStage System One, a machine that lets her do her own dialysis at home instead of going into a treatment center.

In many respects, Ashley Looney is your typical 25–year–old. She's studying cosmetology, looking forward to her wedding and making plans for her future.

But unlike many 25–year–olds, Looney suffers from kidney failure and has to undergo regular dialysis.

Instead of going into a treatment center for dialysis, however, she is using a relatively new machine that allows her to do her own dialysis at home.

Looney, of Homewood, was one of the first people in the area to begin using the NxStage System One, a machine that lets her do her own dialysis at home instead of going into a treatment center.

Previously, in–center dialysis treatments required Looney to go three times a week, for up to six hours at a time.

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