I was diagnosed in 2021 with ANCA vasculitis/GPA(granulamatosis with polyangina)/Wegeners, and Lupus and Rheumatoid arthritis. In short it is a rare autoimmune disease that attacked my body and scarred my kidneys giving me Glomerulonephritis. This caused me to end up in end stage kidney failure and on home hemodialysis. Fortunately, my mother was able to provide my treatments for my senior year of college and up until this year. I was blessed with the gift of life by a very good friend of mine who was a match and donated a live kidney to me.
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My 2024 Pittsburgh Kidney Walk Fundraising Page
Mikayla Warren
Mikayla Warren
Why I Walk
I walk because too many families (like mine) are coping with this devastating chronic illness, and thousands more will face an unexpected kidney disease diagnosis in the year to come.I walk to support the lifechanging work of the National Kidney Foundation:
- To ensure that families will have a place to turn when they need answers.
- To keep up the fight for policy changes to protect kidney patients and living donors.
- To drive innovation in transplantation and get more loved ones off the kidney transplant waitlist.
Are you with me?
Please consider supporting my efforts with a generous donation.
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