Quavon King

LIVING Kidney DONOR NEEDED

Things happen in life that may get you down but what keeps me going is faith, faith that someday things will get better so I just trust what is for me

**Long But Please Read and Share** Family and friends I want to share some things with y'all that I hope will inspire and help those that need it. Some of you may or may not know, that I was diagnosed with hypertension when I was about 16 years old, as a teenager that was unusual and it got overlooked for years to come. In December I got sick, had been vomiting off and on for a couple of weeks but just thought I had eaten something on the road while working and it would pass over. On December 21, 2018 my wife took me to the hospital because I didn't want to eat that day which she knew was unusual for me. That trip to the hospital changed my life forever. I found out that I was in End Stage Renal Disease, needed a blood transfusion, and they would check blood work and go from there. The doctors wondered how I was still functioning with my initial labs being as bad as they were. They watched my labs for 3 days, they were getting better but not as fast as they needed to. On the 3rd day of being in the hospital, Christmas Day, I was told that I would have to start dialysis the next day and they expect it to be for the rest of my life or until I get a kidney transplant. As a young man, 28 years old, with a wife and 3 kids to take care of, a career that I love that I had recently joined .......all of that was being affected. I was so distraught, I felt like my life was coming to a complete haunt.
Dialysis has been a journey in itself, and a complete lifestyle change for me and my family. At first I was started on hemodialysis in the hospital because I needed it asap. After a week of being in the hospital, I went home but had to continue going to the dialysis center 3 days a week. Going to the center was painful on most days, some days I felt like I was actively dying there on the machine.
I was given a choice of dialysis mode, so I had to go under the knife to have a catheter placed for Peritoneal Dialysis. Peritoneal Dialysis has been a better option and has allowed me to feel somewhat normal again.
At this point in my life, I am humble, blessed and thankful for God's grace and mercy. I just want to encourage everybody to take care of yourselves, pay attention to your body, and follow your doctor's order.
If you are interested in helping my situation by donating a kidney please contact
Amy Woodard
Amy.Woodard@unchealth.unc.edu
984-974-7568

Some days it causes me to fall into a state of depression to which I don’t want to do anything because I feel like I’m chained to the wall of my bed room sometimes I don’t want to connect to my machine because I don’t like how I’m constricted to a certain amount of feet around my house I’m not able to answer my front door when company comes over but most of all it limits the things I can do with my kids that’s what really gets me down the most.

I have been introduce to the possibility of getting a hepatitis C kidney with the possibility of having to be treated for it after but I would prefer a living donor I’ve reached out to family and friends just waiting patiently for someone to bless me with a part of them god willing

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