COTA for Team Baron

Our Story

Several years ago, during a routine checkup, Baron’s blood work revealed that he had elevated creatinine levels. He was referred to Duke Medical Center Children’s Nephrology department where they performed a biopsy and discovered that he has a genetic condition call Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), which causes scarring of the kidney tissue and both his kidneys are affected. They are not sure what causes this condition, but it often runs...