Jordan Robertson

LIVING Kidney DONOR NEEDED

Kidney Disease is hard, but we have to “Just Keep Swimming” !!! 🐟

My name is Jordan Robertson. I’m 20 years old and I go to Towson University where im studying nursing. I want to pursue nursing in pediatric nephrology. I love cooking and doing different kinds of art. Painting is my favorite. I love hanging with my friends and my boyfriend too. I’ve been diagnosed with kidney disease for about 3 years now. I had kidney cancer when I was 4 and this cause me to have my second kidney removed. So now I have one, and the one is failing. It has taken a toll on me and limited me of things I love doing, but i try to make the best of it anyway:)

I’ve been diagnosed with kidney failure since September of 2023. I do have to be on dialysis 3x a week for 3 hours each time. My daily process with dialysis is pretty standard, I just come to dialysis 3x a week , sit in my little chair and watch a movie or read or color, and go home after. Normally i’m pretty tired after so I take it easy, but sometimes I have to go to work after anyway and power through. Kidney disease affects my life because I can’t go to school full time because of dialysis, since it’s 3 times a week. Also some simple tasks that most take for granted are taken away, such as showering normally, or swimming or tanning. I also can’t ride roller coasters or wear my seatbelt correctly when I ride in the passenger seat. All of this stuff mainly is because of my catheter that’s placed in my chest. You can’t get it wet because it can cause infection. And you have to make sure not to mess with it or shift it out of place. I recently got a fistula and have begun using that. Some days are better than others but some days I have to be stuck a couple times with giant needles and it hurts pretty bad. Some days they go right in and I don’t feel it. It’s safer to do dialysis this way with my fistula in my arm rather than the catheter in my heart. But the pain that comes with it sucks ..

A transplant would mean the world to me. I’m so grateful to have such a kind and supportive team and family who look out for me and make everything a little easier. I’d do anything to be able to go back before I had to deal with all this and live my normal teenage life again. I could do whatever I wanted and definitely took it for granted at the time. It’s hard transitioning into young adulthood with kidney disease because you can’t do all the things everyone else gets to do at this age, like working full time or take long vacation with friends. I can’t even live at my college campus because of all the appointments and dialysis treatments I have to go too. I would be just so appreciative and grateful to receive a transplant, and I know God would be looking down on me and giving me a miracle.

I’d love for everyone to share this story and help work towards finding me a kidney , as well as everyone else looking! Living with kidney disease is tough as a young person and speeding up the process to get a kidney and go back to normal would be amazing. I’d be honored if anyone wanted to confidentially start the donation process. It’s a beautiful thing and a debt I could never repay. Thank you for taking your time to read my story:)

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