Help Kidney Research UK defeat Kidney disease - the silent killer

Thank you so much for showing an interest in my blog. My name is Jess. For me, helping children who are suffering from Kidney disease is something that I feel passionate about. There aren’t many people who understand about how serious or common kidney disease is. People just like Stevie (pictured below) have suffered and know what the problems kidney disease can cause.

Here is Stevie’s story. Stevie is 5 years old and he has never eaten chips, never been swimming and he is not allowed to have a bath. This is all because he has Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). Stevie’s best chance at a normal life, other than the cure for his condition is a kidney transplant. He had to wait almost three years until he was big enough to receive one in January 2011. However, this failed after just two days because of a blood clot and had to be removed. Stevie is now back on the transplant waiting list with around 6,000 other patients who need a kidney transplant, while members of his family are tested as potential organ donors. Stevie has to live with life-preserving dialysis treatment at home for ten hours each night – attached to a machine via a catheter in his stomach while he sleeps. Kidney Research UK are spending money on finding the cure for Kidney Disease so they can help as many people as possible. As well as trying to find the cure, they spend money on better equipment such as dialysis machines and on the patients themselves so that they can be happy.

Many young children’s lives are being saved by the work that Kidney Research UK do but there are still may that need help and they can help them if they get the right funding.

 

Thank you so much for spending your time to read my blog. Please post me a response with your thoughts. It would be great if you could write about these questions and help in any way possible. There are further details of the ideas listed below are found at www.kidneyresearchuk.org Please help to make children with Kidney Disease live a happy and healthy life.

• Have you heard about Kidney Research UK and what they do before you read this?
• Do you now feel more informed about how dangerous Kidney Disease is?
• Would you now be prepared to do any of the following things to help make Kidney Disease patients have a happier life…

1. Make a donation to ‘Kidney Research UK’?
2. Start or join a Fundraising campaign?
3. Sign up to receive regular information about the work of Kidney Research UK by signing up to their magazine.
4. Support Kidney Research UK everything you use eBay
5. Tell your family and friends about ‘Kidney Research UK’ and try to persuade them to help out in any of the ways above?
6. If you do post a response please could you tell me where you come from i.e your home town and country (If not in the UK)

Thank you so much for taking an interest and reading my blog!
Jessica