As many of you know my daughter Taylor has Kidney disease and it has been a bit of a struggle over the last year and a half since her initial diagnosis. We are of course coping and very thankful that we are living now, in a time when I can donate a kidney to my daughter as opposed to 50 years ago … [Read more...]
How a Dog Helped my Relationship
In my house we seem to have certain jobs that each of us do and take care of ourselves. Mywife takes care of getting the kids ready for as well as to and from school. I work and take the kids out to the pool and do lots of miscelaneous jobs and until last week walked the dog in the morning, … [Read more...]
Colonoscopy Tomorrow – Not for me
My wife, Michelle, has been having a lot of stomach problems over the last few months and diarrhea very often. The problem tends to be in the afternoon with my wife having terrible stomach cramps most afternoons. We have tried lots of stuff including trying probiotics in case it was a bacteria … [Read more...]
Where did my emotions go?
This is only a little bit about fitness and health, maybe not much. I have had a crazy last few months and I am not sure where it all leads but one thing that I have really noticed over the last few months is that I seem to have been repressing lots of feelings and have pushed down my emotions. I … [Read more...]
Crossmatch Day
My daughter and I went to the hospital today for blood tests. Not an uncommon occurance for my daughter who gets tested monthly but I don't have quite as much experience. But today is a special day for us. My daughters kidneys have been stable at 27-30% GFR for the last couple months but we … [Read more...]
Kidney Transplant Donor Testing
Yesterday was a long and tiring day at the Foothills hospital in Calgary for me as I started the Kidney transplant donor testing in earnest The journey for Michelle and I to become transplant donors started a few months back as we know that our daughter will need a new kidney sometime in the new … [Read more...]
My Daughters Kidney Disease
You may have noticed that I have not been as active this year as I usually am on the blog and there is one pretty big reason. My daughter is sick with Chronic Kidney Disease and I think I am finally ready to write about it, come out and talk about it. This is the first time that I am writing about … [Read more...]
