Kidney Failure

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An experience that has had a big impact on me, is when my mom, who was a high school principal was diagnosed with kidney failure. It was a tough time for me to watch my mother go through such hardship. In 2010, she was told that she was in kidney failure, needed to start dialysis and needed a transplant to live.
Additionally, my aunt was diagnosed with early signs of kidney troubles, also. Both my grandfather, her dad, and my uncle both passed polycystic kidney disease. Knowing this it was kind of heartbreaking when I received the news.
Furthermore, this was already a rough time because my grandfather and aunt on my dad’s side were both taking Chemotherapy. Later, my mom was put on medication and dialysis. This had a big impact in my life because

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