Kidney Trails Editing Team

Finding the good of humanity.

I am sure that you have seen the post or videos about restoring faith in humanity. While we read or hear about these things. It means much more when we actually experience it first hand. My family and I had went on a vacation not too long ago and boy the kids were excited. WeContinue reading “Finding the good of humanity.”

Clean Drinking Water: Reverse Osmosis

Here is a fun fact for you. Did you know that in a dialysis center there is a Reverse Osmosis System that cleans the water before the water goes to the treatment floor? It is much bigger than the home Reverse Osmosis water drinking system but it still works the same way. This was somethingContinue reading “Clean Drinking Water: Reverse Osmosis”

If you take away what you fear….

If you take away what you fear what will you do this year? It’s a great thought the other day I was at a birthday party and the kids were having a great time and then it came time to hit the piñata. As the kids lined up to hit it some of them stoodContinue reading “If you take away what you fear….”

Detective Ren

Coming in June 2023 a new blog series Detective Ren. My story starts out as odd as it seems. Being hooked up to a machine that makes my blood clean. As the pump goes round and round. My mind goes back to what happened earlier in town. That day everything changed including my kidneys whichContinue reading “Detective Ren”

Clean drinking Water: Home water devices.

It is a hot summer day and you have been working outside in the yard and have worked up a sweat. You walk into the house and grab a glass and go to the fridge and get you a tall glass of ice water. There is nothing that compares to a tall glass of iceContinue reading “Clean drinking Water: Home water devices.”

Celebrating Lab Week.

Have you ever given thought about how important the labs are to your healthcare? When I was on dialysis, I never really gave much thought about how important they were to me. Sure, the dietician would come by every month and tell me where I was doing well and where I lacked in the renalContinue reading “Celebrating Lab Week.”

Water and Transplant

As someone who has a transplant water is very important to me. But not just any water but clean water. I remember when I was being worked up for a kidney transplant one of the things that the team asked me was what type of water source did, I have. Was I getting water fromContinue reading “Water and Transplant”

Setting goals beyond transplant.

I have a question for those of you who are waiting on a transplant. What plans or goals do you have after you receive this wonderful gift? It’s a good question and one that I never really thought of until later on in my journey. It was 2015 when one of the care team helpedContinue reading “Setting goals beyond transplant.”

What will you put your life on hold for?

The other day I was going through some of my writing and and ran across some things that I had written back in 2020. One of the writings that stuck out to me was in the form of a question and it was this. What else will you put your life on hold for. ItContinue reading “What will you put your life on hold for?”

Transplant Genomics Webinar

From the desk of one of our Kollaberators Transplant Genomics. In honor of #NationalKidneyMonth, we are celebrating the lessons learned from two kidney transplant recipients during our “10 Things I Wish I Had Known Before and After Transplant” webinar. Join to hear from Shane and Kendon as they share their transplant journey and some lessonsContinue reading “Transplant Genomics Webinar”