My Red Socks Run for Michael & Kidney Health
As many of you know, Michael has kidney failure and spends 15 hours a week strapped to a dialysis machine that cleans his blood, just to keep alive.
(That’s 60 hours a month x 12 months = 720 hours a year which is 4 ½ FULL weeks a year strapped on a dialysis machine!)
Mick has undergone all battles throughout his life. Since the age of just 8 years old, he has had trouble with his kidneys. From being diagnosed with calcified kidneys, then renal failure – on dialysis for 5 long years, then receiving the gift of life of a new kidney only for it fail 7 years later resulting him in requiring dialysis again to remain alive.
Through all this, Michael has had so many other medical complications but still manages to be the strongest, kind, caring best friend, colleague, & father everyone admires.
I plan to donate a kidney soon for my Mick. Since we aren’t a direct match, we will need to wait for a paired match to come up, so my kidney will go to someone who needs it, and their donor’s kidney will go to Mick.
While we continue to wait until this process, the waiting is long and frustrating. And while we wait, 5 hours 3 days a week he spends on dialysis just to keep him alive.
Currently, there is no cure for kidney disease. Once diagnosed with kidney failure, many people like Mick will spend long periods of time undertaking dialysis.
Although it’s a life-saving treatment that is essential in keeping patients alive, the aftermath can leave people feeling extremely fatigued, unwell, dizzy, and nauseous. Whilst on dialysis, a person's body will get very cold, particularly their feet.
So, this October let your ankles do the talking and wear your Red Socks to show people living with kidney disease you care.
Please donate to my page to raise funds for research into lifesaving treatments and provide support to the families of the 66 Australians that lose their life each day to kidney disease.
YOU can make a difference – Join me and help create a future where kidney health is a priority for all Australians.
Much Love,
Lisa ♥ x
