Kwani huyu mwadada amesema nini everybodys seems to me moved!!!!

That's 1 strong lady

She is tough indeed. Kidney failure is not easy at all and when you add it with lupus then it makes it 100 times more harder.

My friend was diagnosed with Kidney failure in January 2008. It was devastating and shocking. He had to start his dialysis at least 3 times a week at a cost of Ksh 10,000 a session. Sometimes he would need some medicines to add his blood count which would cost him an additional Ksh 5000. in addition he had to watch what he ate completely because some stuff would make him really sick.

He started out his treatment at Kenyatta because that is where they understand the disease fully. Unfortunately the dialysis machines are few and sometimes you would have to wait for up to 2 days just to get a machine. And don't get me started on the nurses. In addition, you would have to go and buy all the stuff needed for the process e.g special kind of water, syringes etc etc from medical depot in Industrial Area. You can imagine the hustle!!! We would watch people die as they waited for a machine to be free. Totally devastating. We met a young girl who got kidney failure because her stupid boyfriend took her for an abortion in the backstreets(story for another day).

He was eventually stabilized and moved his dialysis sessions to Mater where the machines are more and service is reliable. Finally, he has gotten a kidney donor and will be traveling to India on the 4th of June for his transplant.

The unfortunate thing about Kidney Failure and lupus is that the Kidney's are eventually rejected once a transplant is done. Lupus makes the body see the new kidney as a foreign object and thus produces bodies and cells to fight it thus the kidney is rejected. That is why Lorna has had so many transplants. She may eventually have to live on dialysis if the kidney is rejected again. It is really bad. Lucky for her, her family has been extra supportive and that is just priceless.

My friend lacks family support. In fact, all his family members refused to give him their kidneys. His father finally paid his youngest daughter and told her that he would open for her a cyber cafe. With that she accepted.

We are holding a harambee for him on the 29th of May at the professional Center. You are all welcome. Come and learn more about the disease and help even in the smallest way . You can call him on 0721 599 007. He is called Mwangi

When is the repeat?

Good info Chepkel, I actually read the full story of Lorna many years back when it was published in one of the Sat mags, while she had become the Carnivore events manager - very moving story indeed.

For you who have Dstv, you can now watch K24 on channel 413 (can't quite rememember)...

@ray, try youtube.

@Keraka, I feel you completely. Please do not regret or blame yourself. The unfortunate thing is that Kidney failure is a disease that people have no knowledge of. It was all in God's hands. If you can, please join us at the professional Center on Sat 29th as we support Mwangi. Mwangi also lived with regret for a long time because he had a chance to prevent the doctor when he saw the signs, and he was strongly advised to do so, but he ignored doctor's recommendations and continued to live a bad lifestyle. When he was finally diagnosed he just wanted to die. it took him quite a while to accept his disease.

please come if you can.