Let's Talk About Kidney Kids
by Jill Brown
Let's talk about Kidney Kids is a podcast to discuss stories, services, and explore the content for experts about pediatric kidney disease and their families. Host Jill Brown, MPA - Executive Director for NW Kidney Kids Developed by NW Kidney Kids - a 501(c)3 serving children with kidney disease and their families since 2006. More info and get involved: www.nwkidneykids.org
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Talking with Maggie about her kidney disease journey
Today I welcome Maggie MacKenzie to Let's Talk About Kidney Kids. Maggie talks about being diagnosed with ESRD as she graduates college. She talks about the struggles of coping with her new disease and how having many different support people at various times helped her to positively cope and...
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One Parent Story - Organ Donation & Connecting with Donor Family
April is Donate Life Month - a month that we bring awareness to organ, eye and tissue donation. Todays guest is Naomi Mauro, a parent of child, Ethan, born into end stage renal disease. She is also the mom to Lucas and Mackenzie. She lives in the country in SW Washington with her husband, Chad....
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Dakota talks about VACTERL Association and waiting 16 years for a transplant
Dakota Watson is 20 years and diagnosed with VACTERL Association at birth. He has spent his whole life living with this syndrome and the medical complications that come with it. At 16 years old he received his first transplant. The information in this episode is from the perspective of the...
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Benefits of Mentorship for Kidney Kids
Today's Guest is Emilee Kerper, an MSW candidate that has been working to develop curriculum and activities for the Group Support Program for Kidney Kids and Siblings 8-13 and kicking off a Paired Mentoring & Group Support in February for 13-18 years old. Sign up for Mentoring & Support Groups…
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Let's talk about Kidney Kids is a podcast to discuss stories, services, and explore the content for experts about pediatric kidney disease and their families. Host Jill Brown, MPA - Executive Director for NW Kidney Kids Developed by NW Kidney Kids - a 501(c)3 serving children with kidney disease and their families since 2006. More info and get involved: www.nwkidneykids.org
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