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June 11, 2013 - Diagnosed with Malaria in Cape Town, South Africa June 12, 2013 - Hospitalized for Blackwater Fever and Acute Kidney Failure June 13, 2013 - Start of Hemodialysis (3 days a week, 3 hour sessions) August 3, 2013 - Discharged from hospital in Cape Town August 10, 2013 - Admitted in hospital in Boston, MA August 12, 2013 - Kidney Biopsy August 13, 2013 - Start of Hemodialysis in the US (3 days a week, 4 hour sessions) August 16, 2013 - Prognosis of End Stage Renal Failure and Biopsy Results (Collapsing FSGS) September 20, 2013 - Transplant Evaluation November 23, 2013 -Last successful dialysis treatment November 26, 2013 Almost fatal permacath infection December 1, 2013 - Diagnosed with Stage 4 (26% function) belated birthday present and early Christmas present from my Heavenly Father! June 2014 - Renal function improved to 37%, bottom Stage 3
Family History: Both maternal grandparents died of kidney failure due to hypertension and Type 2 diabetes. Brother was diagnosed with ESRD and FSGS at the age of 25 in 2005, successful transplantation in 2010.
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