Hello Goodgerdom!
Last summer my wife was diagnosed with Iga Nephropathy, which is a rare genetic disorder that eventually shuts down the kidneys. The good news is she remains in good health, but her kidney function recently passed the threshold needed to be placed on the kidney donor list. Our hope is that having caught the disease early enough, we can either find a match from a friend or family member, or advance through the donor list process quickly enough that she never has to go on dialysis. The other good news is that if you need to have a organ transplanted, kidneys are the way to go, as it is the most common transplant procedure, and generally considered the safest. So, once we find a shiny new kidney, my wife can expect to live a long and normal life, which is a doubly good prognosis as my wife and I are also still relatively new parents with a two and half year old boy who is our pride and joy.
While we do have insurance we have already started to accrue an impressive collection of medical bills, which will only continue to grow.
We would truly appreciate any support, well wishes or social media shares that you could provide.
We have established a GoFundMe page: Team Becki. For anyone who kindly makes a donation, feel free to include your GWJ name or indicate that you are from this great community, or simply drop me a pm. I will do my absolutely best to personally thank everyone and hope to be able to pay any kindness forward once we have reached the finish line.
Here is a link for information about Iga Nephropathy.
Thank you and thanks to Certis for permission to post this!
Oh, Akunin, your family is in our prayers. I feel terrible being so far away from you guys, I wish I was as close physically to you as a feel we are emotionally. It kills me that the only real help I can give you is through the web.
Much love to you guys, I wish I was closer to go help you guys with your tittle boy or whatever else.
Keep us updated, please, and I am reposting your fund raising through my social media.
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The best of luck to you and your family, we're here for you.
Good luck! Chipped in. Do you know approximately when is the surgery expected to take place?
That's quite something to happen to a person. Good luck with finding a kidney and the recovery after.
Hope the bills won't put you two into poverty and people are able help out a bit
Good luck, know that I will keep both you and your wife in my thoughts!!!
Best of luck to you both.
Good luck to the both of you.
Good luck to your family, may everything go as well!
This post was just brought to my attention as I am a filthy skimmer. I've known the bloke and the misses for several years. I will be tossing into the plate as soon as I get home.
They're great people. If you cannot help donate, please pass the link around. When I was diagnosed with Heart Disease last year Akunin was right there checking on me and offering his support. When I lost one of my dogs back in 2007 he also took the time to console me and share stories with his hounds. When I lost my father, his sympathy was given yet again.
He's a strong family oriented fellow who cares a lot for his son and other people. There were many guild Dungeon Runs stopped in their tracks so he could check on Eli. This is a good man.
Chipped in, best wishes to you both!
That website is kind of nifty. I had never used it before, but it's a great idea and easy to use. I fully expect regular updates and patches for this alpha.
So what's a non-phosphate diet like?
Sticky notes FTW (call me archaic) - I have to wait for some deposits to clear but I'll help out w/ what I can. I truly hope your wife's procedure is cleared and successful. Until then, may your biggest worries be potty training and monsters under the bed
I donated. I am sending good thoughts to your family.
All the best. Hope you find a good match quickly.
As promised, sorry it took so long but I've had a couple of surprises to juggle down here
Good luck.
I wish I could give so much more. Good luck and keep us in the loop.
Thanks for the update! And good luck with everything
I have no info on hospital staffs, but if you guys go to UNC, you can stay in our guest room in Cary. It's about 30+ minutes from UNC, which is a bit better than 3.5 hours.
My review from our previous stay: Quintin_Stone and Yellek's guest room is comfy, and comes with free in-room live entertainment if you leave the door open a few inches.
LouZiffer is talking about our cats, just to be clear.
LouZiffer is talking about our cats, just to be clear.
Spoil sport.
Completely forgot to donate in the past months! Another small donation coming your way. I've set up a monthly schedule.
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