In the world of kidney disease, this is news.Īs I washed my hands while singing Happy Birthday twice in my head, as any good immunosuppressed girl does, a fairy fluttered beside me to wash her hands. Absentmindedly, I nibbled on a chicken finger. Jack Black, the American actor, was scheduled to serenade the crowd and take pictures, but he was running late. In the Glendale, California Hilton ballroom, they canoodled under giant disco balls and super-cool lighting effects as I tapped my leather-clad toe to music and nibbled on a slice of pineapple. In my sparkly dress, and IT’S- SO-FUN-TO-DRESS-UP! attitude, I drove 19 miles to pick up a 20-year-old transplanted woman (#13yearskidneystrong) and her boyfriend who otherwise would not have transportation. After four kidney transplants and 13 years of dialysis, her mission became clear – to host a prom for 14 to 24 year-olds with kidney disease. Its founder, Lori Hartwell, had been on dialysis as a teen, unable to attend her own prom. I was volunteering at the annual event hosted by the Renal Support Network. It was Sunday, January 20 th, 2019, and I, a two-time kidney transplanted, 50-year-old woman, was alone at the prom.
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