Courtney Warby

Kidney Kar Rally 2024

We are raising money to improve the lives of kid’s living with kidney disease.

Peter was diagnosed with a rare condition called FSGS and had his first transplant at the age of seven. He knows how hard it can be to live with kidney disease, but it was something later in life that completely floored him.

When his daughter, Lorelei was eight years old, she developed puffy eyes, as well as a swollen tummy and legs. Sadly, she also had the same rare condition and would require a transplant.

Peter was racked with guilt, he felt like it was his fault, even though he could not have known. A genetic link has only recently come to light. When Peter and Jennifer started a family, they had no idea there was any risk.   

Thankfully a donor match was found for Lorelei. Lorelei could have the life-saving kidney transplant she’d been waiting for. After two months in hospital, she came home, and family life returned to something closer to normal.

The Kidney Kar Rally helps support kids like Lorelei by raising funds for our Kids and Youth Program. She is now 14 and recently attended a Kidney Es-Capers event in Sydney with her family where she had the opportunity to connect with her peers.


Let’s leave kidney disease in the dust! Your sponsorship or donation is greatly appreciated.

My Updates

I'm living with lupus and kidney disease

Monday 15th Jan
In march 2019, I was diagnosed with lupus and kidney disease. I was very sick for a long time before diagnosis I had a lot of different blood tests and urine tests done then my GP decide to do a 24 hr urine test and that's when we found something was wrong so she got In contact with Canberra hospital and we took the 3hr trip straight there and within 5 minutes of arriving I had a team of doctors around me figuring out what to do. I had further tests and scans done over the 10 days I was in hospital but it ended up being a kidney biopsy determining what was going on  and they checked it 3 time just to be sure then I was put on a whole lot of different medications to help me out I got a little better but I was still In and out of hospital frequently until in 2021 I got sicker and started dialysis for 18 months waiting to get a transplant witch would be from my mother giving me another chance of life.
We had the transplant on February 22nd of 2023, and I was in hospital for 6 days, and then I was up and walking around. I recovered well 
Then in August my great friend Heather who has been there through this journey asked if I would come along on the rally for a day from bate Bay to Eden I had the best time and met alot of great people.
Then, the next thing I know is dad said "we're buying a rally car and joining the rally in 2024" so a couple of months later, we brought our very own rally car!!
I'm very excited!! 

Thank you to my Sponsors

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