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COLORADO - Josiah | Misha | Rachel
 
Josiah's Story
Josiah received a gym membership from the foundation.

I was diagnosed with Lupus at the age of 13. My kidneys failed when I was 15 and that’s when I came to the kidney center. I have had 12 surgeries in the past 4 years on dialysis. I was on dialysis for a year before I got on the transplant list and still haven’t got a kidney transplant. I used to have seizures but not anymore. I believe my strong will to succeed and my religious ways have brought me this far.

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Misha's Story
Misha received a gym membership from the foundation.

I was diagnosed with Lupus at the age of 13. My kidneys failed when I was 15 and that’s when I came to the kidney center. I have had 12 surgeries in the past 4 years on dialysis. I was on dialysis for a year before I got on the transplant list and still haven’t got a kidney transplant. I used to have seizures but not anymore. I believe my strong will to succeed and my religious ways have brought me this far.

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Rachel's Story
Rachel received  softball equipment from the foundation.

When I was born I had kidney failure. I did dialysis for 4 years. When I was 5 my mom donated her kidney to me. I’ve had a few bumps in between, but things are going very well, I feel good. 

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