Personal Narrative: My Kidney Transplant

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Everyday is meaningful for me not only meaningful but lucky that I’m living and chasing dreams because of one person my mom who saved my life by giving me a kidney at the age of three. I was born with kidney failure I so small for age and for some reason I never ate so the kidney transplant team put a G-tube or gastrostomy tube in me it was another way so I get all the needs to grow without eating food. Then the kidney transplant team told my mom why I was so sick and that i needed a kidney transplant so mom took the offer to give her kidney to me and mine went to my mom the transplant went very well I went to school but as a weak kid I got sick alot so I was in and out of the hospital because of my weak immune system. But there was a good and bad thing about being in the hospital I kinda like it only because I got see the whole family and got gifts but the worst part of …show more content…
My Second kidney transplant was three or two years ago again it went downhill from the other operation this affected me a lot I got sleepy in class always sleeping during the day and at night I just stayed up so I went to my monthly check up with my kidney doctor and he said my kidney was failing so I went out and did all the thing i could do because I thought I was gonna die I didn’t know how it worked but then it started it failed and I got sick went to the hospital came home for two days out of the hospital I went into a seizure then a two day coma.The doctors told my mom that I wouldn’t make it and if I did I wouldn’t remember anything or anyone know one knew how the seizure happen but it had something to do with the top neck bone hitting the bottom vein of mine

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