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Hi Most Awesome Parent!
It’s not easy bringing up a child with renal failure, or rather any chronic illness. Not only will you have health issues to be worried about, there is also the emotional well-being of your child that is so different from a normal child. While we always encourage a child to be as normal as he or she can be, as a parent, there are some issues that a child with renal failure has to deal with and would need your help and guidance in doing so.
It’s especially tricky when your child becomes an adolescent or when your adolescent has been diagnosed with chronic illness. Adolescent is already a trying time for many patients and having a chronic illness might make it trickier. However, do not fret! Your child has been blessed with an opportunity to become someone he or she would never ever dreamed of becoming. Having a chronic illness does not handicap you, in fact speaking from experience, it can certainly bring with it certain lessons and values that makes me not regret having such a condition.
Articles (newest first):
Medical Signs of Kidney
Disease
There is a possibility of having kidney disease without developing any symptoms
(asymptomatic diseases like mine, medullary cystic kidney failure). The
National
Kidney Foundation recommends that you can bring your child to take these
3 simple tests to screen for chronic kidney disease.
Symptoms of Chronic
Kidney Disease Problems
I did not have any symptoms of chronic kidney disease. My sister was diagnosed
first and it was when the doctor asked the family to go down for tests did
I realize I have chronic kidney disease, unlike my sister who had kidney
failure by then. You could be like me and therefore be asymptomatic or in
other words, not have any signs of kidney disease. Read this article to
find out more.
Made Simple Part 3: Peritoneal
Dialysis
I was on peritoneal dialysis most of the time, and I must say it is pretty
useful for a student like me who needs to go to school and all. It's very
flexible. Read Part 3 to find out more about peritoneal dialysis!
Made Simple Part 2: Hemodialysis
I was on hemodialysis for about 2 months before my transplant. It was not
a trying time but the experience did allow me to get to know the nurses
better! What is hemodialysis actually? Read here if you want to find out!
Made Simple Part 1: Kidney Transplant
The ability to transplant organs is a miracle. It is such a complex procedure
but yet we are able to do it! I can never thank science and medicine enough
for being able to come up with such a thing for kidney failure patients.
There are some things that you as parents need to know about a transplant
though! Read it here!
