Oxnard-- I got some great news this week, as my daughter-in-law was approved for the kidney transplant list at John’s Hopkins University Hospital.
SHE’S been on dialysis for months, as she woke sick one morning and her kidneys stopped working. It takes some time to get on the list. Before you qualify, you have to be medically cleared for everything and anything under the sun, so when they transplant the kidney, the recipient’s body will accept the organ, and it becomes a success story.
I have to take a minute, though, to praise my daughter-in-law, who is one of the greatest fighters I have ever known. She’s on a restrictive diet, she gets hooked up to a dialysis machine for multiple hours a couple of times a week, and she stays positive throughout the whole thing while doctor after doctor runs tests on her. On some level, I get it, as I take insulin, watch my diet and test my blood anywhere from 3-5 times a week. Of course, she’s gone through much more than me, but trust me, it takes plenty to keep fighting. I have to praise my youngest son, Colin, who has been her rock. The…
