52 weeks makes a difference, don’t you think?

Last year this week we found out that Gage’s kidney function had taken a dangerously large step towards acute renal function and that we would need to come in to our nephrologist’s office to discuss the next steps of transplant evaluation. We’d been camping and we were getting ready for the PKD Convention in DC. Timely, I know. We scheduled the appointment for the end of June and then attended the convention sessions on dialysis, transplant mildly freaked out the entire three days.

LCmpare2ittle did we know what the year would bring. It’s no secret that we didn’t plan on Gage needing dialysis, but we’d attended that session at the convention with great interest and were able to ask a lot of questions about what to expect. We went through the summer as planned and here is Gage at the beach. He looks happy and tan, but he does look sick.

Fast forward to transplant and release from the hospital after having had his 5th Popsicle in one day. And then 7 weeks post transplant. What a different a new kidney makes. No need to note his self cut hair on that last picture, m’kay?

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