🩷 Update from Cecily – June 2025 🩷

Hi everyone,

First, thank you—truly. Whether you’ve donated, shared, or just quietly cheered me on, your support has made such a difference. I may not be great at sending updates, but I carry your kindness with me every day.

Lately, I’ve been pretty focused on the long list of boxes to check from the transplant team at OHSU. After 13 years of peritoneal dialysis at home, my body finally said “nope,” so now I’m doing hemodialysis three days a week. It’s four hours a session (yes, you could watch an entire miniseries), and while it’s tiring, my test results have been stable and encouraging.

I also had my first dental exam in years (because even kidneys have gatekeepers), and while I’ll need some periodontal work, it’s the only real hiccup so far. My nurse advisor says I’m ahead of schedule—so if things stay on course, I could be looking at a transplant by the end of the year.

When we set up this fundraiser, we kept it modest—just $5,000 to help cover the basics while I get through this stretch. So far, we’ve raised a little over half. I’m not great at asking for help (still working on that), but I want you to know: every $20, $30, or $50 gift goes straight to keeping things going—rent, co-pays, utilities, groceries. Even my family pitched in with a garage sale in May!

If you can donate, I’d be incredibly grateful. And if donating isn’t an option right now, sharing the campaign is a powerful way to help too. Every bit of support gets me closer to transplant—and to the life that comes after it.

With love and gratitude,
Cecily