Kidney Transplant Number 4
Donation protected
My kidneys completely failed when I was 12 years old. Since then, with the exception of a few healthy years with working transplants, I have been fighting to stay alive and as healthy as possible. It has been a true struggle and a constant trial. If it were not for my children, life would often be unbearable.
I have had 3 transplants and am trying desperately to get a 4th. Unfortunately, the more transplants you get, the harder they are to get. My immune system, in particular, is highly sensitive and therefore prone to rejecting any transplants. At this point, my statistics dictate that I would reject 100% of the population. So, although it is possible for me to get and keep a kidney, it will be very difficult and can take a very long time. While I await this kidney I work as much as possible and care for my 2 teenage daughters as a single mother. I cannot work full time; I am just too ill. When I am too ill to work at all, I count on help from my family and hope to soo. get well enough to work again so I can make ends meet. Like I said, it is a constant struggle.
I am currently on dialysis and do it myself at home by connecting by catheter to a machine by my bed. It is very difficult and time consuming but keeps me alive for now. I have been on dialysis off and on since I was 12. Unfortunately, the longer one is on dialysis, the harder it is on their body. Most people don't live as long as I have because of the strain that kidney disease and dialysis put on the body. I have been fortunate and blessed, despite my suffering. I feel thankful every day that I can wake up, draw breath, put one foot in front of the other and sometimes get to work and always take care of my children.
This GoFundMe is to help me for the times I am too I'll too work but must still pay bills. It is a savings account for when I must stop working and go into the hospital, which happens a lot and will continue to happen. It is also for when I get another transplant.
I was told by the transplant hospital that in order to afford to take time off for the surgery and the post- surgical care (when I can't work for more than a month) I must fundraise. Being chronically ill is very challenging.
Because I've been ill my whole life I haven't worked enough to have saved money. And because I have had transplants, Social Security laws prohibit me from benefiting as a childhood onset patient. So I barely squeak by and am forced to work even though I am fully and permanently disabled.
Please help me live as normal a life as possible, independent as possible and financially ready to care for my children and myself even when I can't work or if/ when I get a transplant. Sometimes I want so badly to be independent, strong and capable but my body has other plans.
Even though it is hard to ask for help, I feel that I don't have a choice. I must do what it takes to ensure that I can get better by getting that elusive 4th transplant which takes money or still live my life the best I can until I do which also takes money.
Thank you for your help!!
I have had 3 transplants and am trying desperately to get a 4th. Unfortunately, the more transplants you get, the harder they are to get. My immune system, in particular, is highly sensitive and therefore prone to rejecting any transplants. At this point, my statistics dictate that I would reject 100% of the population. So, although it is possible for me to get and keep a kidney, it will be very difficult and can take a very long time. While I await this kidney I work as much as possible and care for my 2 teenage daughters as a single mother. I cannot work full time; I am just too ill. When I am too ill to work at all, I count on help from my family and hope to soo. get well enough to work again so I can make ends meet. Like I said, it is a constant struggle.
I am currently on dialysis and do it myself at home by connecting by catheter to a machine by my bed. It is very difficult and time consuming but keeps me alive for now. I have been on dialysis off and on since I was 12. Unfortunately, the longer one is on dialysis, the harder it is on their body. Most people don't live as long as I have because of the strain that kidney disease and dialysis put on the body. I have been fortunate and blessed, despite my suffering. I feel thankful every day that I can wake up, draw breath, put one foot in front of the other and sometimes get to work and always take care of my children.
This GoFundMe is to help me for the times I am too I'll too work but must still pay bills. It is a savings account for when I must stop working and go into the hospital, which happens a lot and will continue to happen. It is also for when I get another transplant.
I was told by the transplant hospital that in order to afford to take time off for the surgery and the post- surgical care (when I can't work for more than a month) I must fundraise. Being chronically ill is very challenging.
Because I've been ill my whole life I haven't worked enough to have saved money. And because I have had transplants, Social Security laws prohibit me from benefiting as a childhood onset patient. So I barely squeak by and am forced to work even though I am fully and permanently disabled.
Please help me live as normal a life as possible, independent as possible and financially ready to care for my children and myself even when I can't work or if/ when I get a transplant. Sometimes I want so badly to be independent, strong and capable but my body has other plans.
Even though it is hard to ask for help, I feel that I don't have a choice. I must do what it takes to ensure that I can get better by getting that elusive 4th transplant which takes money or still live my life the best I can until I do which also takes money.
Thank you for your help!!
Organizer
Marina Troxell
Organizer
Kuna, ID