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4 1/2 years ago our family was shocked to find out my husband Lucas had been living with undiagnosed chronic kidney disease. The damage was so severe that he was already in end stage renal failure with very little kidney function left. The exact cause of his illness is still unknown and conventional medicine has no cure. The doctors told us Lucas needed a kidney transplant and would need to go on dialysis soon if he didn't get one. Lucas' older brother Nick, willingly and humbly offered to donate one of his healthy kidneys to help save his brother's life. Thankfully, with much prayer, a few meds, and strict diet, Lucas did not had to go on dialysis while the testing and kidney matching was being completed on Nick. Miraculously, Lucas has actually managed to live on his own ailing kidneys for several years longer than ever projected by his doctors!
In June, routine bloodwork confirm an unexpected and significant decline in Lucas' remaining kidney function. We decided it was finally time to schedule the transplant for July 22nd. Lucas and Nick's living donor kidney transplant is truly a life changing event and will take the coordination and support of all our friends and family. I will be taking leave from work to care for Lucas, our infant, and toddler during his recovery. While Nick will have his parents and family in Richmond to help him, he will have to be out of work for over a month while he recovers. Nick will also have to travel over 100 miles one way to the transplant center for the procedure and his post operative follow-ups. Living over 60 miles one way from the transplant center, Lucas will also have post operative follow-up by much more frequently than Nick. He will be on antirejection meds the rest of his life and the Doctors must ensure the donor kidney is stable and the meds are thereputic for a number of weeks after the surgergy. All in all, much time and many expenses will be incurred by our family as a result of these transplant surgeries. Both Nick and Lucas need only to focus on getting well after the transplant so every bit of your monetarry support will be such a blessing and a big help to our family during this time!
MANY Thanks,
Chanelle Bergman and Family
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