‘Life changing’: At-home dialysis allows assistant DA to focus on work while she awaits kidney

Jennifer Dupilka uses the light from her cell phone to help as her husband Ray Dupilka hooks her up to an at-home dialysis machine in their home in Unity. Jennifer undergoes treatments four days a week.

Ray Dupilka talks about his wife Jennifer Dupilka’s dialyzer as she uses a device to check her blood pressure inside their home in Unity . Jennifer does at-home dialysis four days a week.

Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Dupilka works in the courtroom of Judge Christopher Feliciani at the Westmoreland County Courthouse in Greensburg on Monday.

Medical supplies used in Jennifer Dupilka’s at-home dialysis treatments are stored inside her home in Unity .

Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Dupilka chats with her husband Ray as she undergoes dialysis in their home in Unity.

A sign for “Ray’s Clinic” is seen in Ray and Jennifer Dupilka’s home in Unity. Ray serves as Jennifer’s care partner and is responsible for hooking her up to her at-home dialysis machine. She undergoes treatments four days a week.

Ray Dupilka looks on as his wife Jennifer Dupilka undergoes dialysis in their home in Unity, 2024. Jennifer does dialysis treatments four days a week.

Jennifer Dupilka looks at a tablet containing her vitals and other information as she undergoes at-home dialysis in her home in Unity.