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A day in the life of a Kidney Patient

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At 5 am she finds her way to a bus stop. She is alone but OK. It's been the routine for the ten years she's been ailing. Being early means she can be able to find her way to Kenyatta National Hospital and hopefully lucky to be among the first group of 35-40 patients to undergo dialysis.

There are about three sessions in a day, the last one being at 6 pm. Today she's not as lucky. A day before dialysis she has to be at NHIF offices at KNH to be cleared for the procedure.

Yesterday she wasn't cleared and so she has to camp at their offices today before she can proceed for the life saving exercise. It's mandatory she is taken through a 4-hour dialysis every twice in a week. Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Mary Eve has had two failed kidney transplants, one in Kenya and another in India. As she explains, she pauses and asks " Thina uyu ugathira-ri ma?" (when will this problem come to an end?

She requires 5M for a third high risk transplant in India. After today's session, hoping the dizziness won't be too much like last week, she'll rest for some hours, hop into matatu and get to town.

From CBD she'll get into Kiambu bound matatu and join her cousin at their rented house in Thindigua. She's not supposed to take more than half a litter of water in two days. This means she'll find her way into bed and relax without taking water, thankful that today's procedure was successful and look forward to Saturday's.

She is praying that a friend who is reading this will help her relieve the suffering. A kind donation would shorten the waiting period. She urgently needs to get to India. Contact--------0720 000 841(Mary Wanjiku Njeri)

Teresiah wangari is my close friend. She was a vibrant young girl back in secondary school. She still is, though this time the sparkle in her eyes is full of worry. She tells me "This is what Kidney Failure has done to my body...look at my one eye ( left eye), I lost it years ago completely.

Look at my one hand, left side. I hold precious as it holds an AV Fistula::: an access for dialysis that apparently has swollen excessively making my left side look heavier.

If u look closely you shall see blood vessels protruding from my neck not to mention the scars I have on my upper chest"....Then there is a long pause, probably because I don't know how to answer that...." And last but not least is my complexion...each day I grow darker and pale than my initial skin color .....those are just external changes..... I wont go mentioning how hypertension damaged my brain (left side)and left me Epileptic.

The other day I realized it had hit my bones and am limping on and off. Waking up becomes the hardest part of the day as I cant move my limbs, also to mention how fast my heart beats at night, but I'm putting this here for u to appreciate and thank God for good health.

I thank God for my life despite the small bump I've encountered in life, but I am a happy soul. Those scars and hardships may be physical but I'm sure there is a good reason for all. Never judge none of those scars stops me from being myself and happy.

May God keep u healthy and those who always ask about my hand, now u know I have a 1001 more scars all over. Contacts: +254 721 520300 (Teresiah Wangari Waruingi).

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