Walking for the Lonely Kidney Club
Working the Sob Story
My Dad was born with one kidney, it was fine until about 2003.
Do you have that one annoying sibling that always one ups you?
I sure do!
My brother donated his kidney to my Dad...try living that one down.
Then...
My best friend since grade school Sarah's dad Ray needed a transplant and had to start dialysis and was put on the donor list.
To make matters worse...
My other buddy Carina had a big tumor on one of her kidneys and had to have the tumor and her kidney removed!
Do you see why I'm walking?
Why Walk the Kidney Walk?
- Chronic kidney disease is a public health problem affecting 26 million Americans
- Risk factors include diabetes, high blood pressure and family history
- One in nine American adults have kidney disease and most don’t know it
- 92,000 people are waiting for organ transplants
- 17 people die each day waiting for an organ transplant
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