March is National Kidney Awareness Month! 

1 in 3 American adults have kidney disease. 

37 million people in America have kidney disease, and most don’t know it. 

100,000 people are on the kidney transplant waiting list. 

Treatment for kidney failure is either dialysis or a kidney transplant. 

Emma was born in kidney failure with a diagnosis of multi-cystic dysplastic kidney disease.  She only formed one kidney in utero and it was full of cysts and non-functional.  She was born not urinating and in end stage renal failure (ESRD).  She has been on dialysis since she was 5 days old.  She is currently preparing for a kidney transplant hopefully this summer, her mother Tabatha is planned to be her living kidney donor. 

Kidney disease will be a lifelong disease and journey for Emma.  Once transplanted she will be on anti-rejection medications for the rest of her life.  A living kidney will not last Emma her entire lifetime, she will most likely need 2 or 3 kidney transplants during her lifetime.