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| KIDNEY MARCH 2011 |
DAY 1:
I arrive just 7km short... My knees completely shot. My blisters ready to be drained and "Second skinned"... Do i feel like a failure- yes. Am I? No...
My 3 days of pain, no matter how far i walk, doesn't even compare to these peoples and my families experiences- who fight for kidney disease every day.
You are wonderful:
Paul&Doreen- kept me goingAngela and Rich
Taran, Tina and Tom- you are the coolest family, i couldn't of done it without you!
Man i met at lunch- transplant recipient
Ruth
Man i met on the bus- on dialysis.
Jim&Janis whos mom just passed away a few months ago
Steve and family!
Renal nurses from SASK.
'Nick'
Nurse from Calgary on the walk
Sazmin- always there when i needed you the most :)
Chip and wife...
Didja and family
Ayan, age 8, from elbow park school- your card meant the world to me, and gave me strength.
People wait years to get a transplant... and some never come... some pass away.... some get a trasnplant and it fails.
Every step down hill shoots excruciating pain up my knee... i keep going... for them, for you, for my dad.
You spend all your time surviving, you forget how to feel, how to just love the time you have- to care for those around you... to not treat people different... to enjoy life... to just... be a kid! How many things we do and people we take for granted.
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| Meeting place before the walk |
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| here we go! |
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| nothing like triage in the pm! |
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| Tent city, dad and Jim and Janis... |
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| on the bus day 2 |
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| this walk is magnificent |
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| me and my bandaged knees! |
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| Dad and Chip! "Chip and flail" |
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| I love you dad... |
I pray my knees are better in the morning. i want to do more, and give more. i ask for nothing else for i have something great.
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