I thought I'd post something real quick as I'm sitting here, enjoying 5 minutes of quiet over coffee and french toast:
The horror for that nurse and patient
http://www.toledoblade.com/medical/2012/08/24/UTMC-nurse-tossed-out-kidney-ruined-it.html
And the follow-up from UNOS
http://www.toledoblade.com/Medical/2012/08/24/Error-won-t-give-Toledoan-a-break.html
Be careful out there....our little beans are worth it
http://www.nephrologynews.com/clinical/article/west-nile-virus-might-pose-kidney-disease-threat
This is a shame...
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/11/the-reward-for-donating-a-kidney-no-insurance/
Caleb has FSGS...
http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=54155
Artificial kidney on the horizon!!
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news%2Fhealth&id=8706169
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Monday, August 20, 2012
NKF Kidney Walk
Since there wasn't a Nephcure chapter when I moved to Minneapolis, I signed up for the local NKF (National Kidney Foundation) walk. The NKF has a very active chapter here, and I wanted to make sure that I stay involved. Nephcure is finally starting a chapter here (more details to come, as I'm involved in that too ;).
I wrote back in June about my meeting with Kristin and Breanne, but I kept forgetting to sign up for the walk. Well, Breanne contacted me again with a gentle reminder, and here I am now, soliciting you to help me reach my fundraising goal. It's only $1000, which is a much smaller goal than I had with the Nephcure walk in Indianapolis, but I also had lots of friends at Eli Lilly that were very generous in their donations. Now that I'm not there bugging people, my fundraising efforts have lagged behind. So I'm asking you...friends, family and anonymous readers, to help.
Here is a link to my team page: Team FSGS Sucks.
For anyone that's local that wants to sign up and walk with me, PLEASE do so! The walk is Saturday, October 13, so mark your calendars!!! Thanks so much for all of your kind words and support ;)
I wrote back in June about my meeting with Kristin and Breanne, but I kept forgetting to sign up for the walk. Well, Breanne contacted me again with a gentle reminder, and here I am now, soliciting you to help me reach my fundraising goal. It's only $1000, which is a much smaller goal than I had with the Nephcure walk in Indianapolis, but I also had lots of friends at Eli Lilly that were very generous in their donations. Now that I'm not there bugging people, my fundraising efforts have lagged behind. So I'm asking you...friends, family and anonymous readers, to help.
Here is a link to my team page: Team FSGS Sucks.
For anyone that's local that wants to sign up and walk with me, PLEASE do so! The walk is Saturday, October 13, so mark your calendars!!! Thanks so much for all of your kind words and support ;)
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