But there are so many other things that can help! Sharing my story with your friends and family, who may benefit from my story. Or maybe they will read my story and decide to become organ donors! Help me to bring awareness about kidney failure and dialysis to others. Who knows how many people we could all help!

Here is a bit of my story to start you off, but I am happy to answer questions about myself and this journey!

I have always put everyone else before myself. I raised four kids myself after my husband passed away in June of 1996. At that time, my oldest was 15 and my youngest was almost 2. I had to put my two youngest in daycare to rejoin the workplace, which was difficult. I was a substitute teacher for 11 years at Madison Middle School and Astronaut High School as a PCA (personal care assistant) for medically needy children in Brevard County schools, before becoming sick.

In March of 2016, I was diagnosed with multiple myeloma amyloidosis and bone marrow cancer. In August of 2017, I finally won my battle against cancer. Unfortunately, I now have total renal failure, and have been on hemodialysis for four hours a day, three days a week, ever since. In my first year of dialysis, I fought my way through the flu, shingles, and multiple bouts of pneumonia, all due to a weakened immune system. In November of 2017, I was getting my fistula worked on by a vascular surgeon, and suffered a complication in the form of a blood clot. I was in Holmes Regional Center hospital for 11 days until they managed to fix it.

I have now spent the last year getting test after test to try to get listed for this kidney transplant. Now fundraising! That brings us up to date for now. Come back to find out more as I go!

~ Lynn
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