Many diseases and conditions can affect your kidney function by attacking and damaging the glomeruli, the tiny filtering units inside your kidney where blood is cleaned. These diseases and conditions are called glomerular diseases and can have many different causes. Focal Segmental glomerulosclerosis is a type of glomerular disease and describes scarring (sclerosis) in your kidney. The scarring of FSGS only takes place in small sections of each glomerulus (filter), and only a limited number of glomeruli are damaged at first. Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis affects both children and adults.(https://buff.ly/ApeBG2)
#SIOD children get FSGS, which eventually turns to kidney failure and dialysis and transplant are needed. One of the areas of research that your donation dollars goes to is figuring out the WHY!
Daddy Joe is a living donor hero to our daughter Emily. Nearly 12 years now that he gave his kidney to her! We are both registered organ, bone marrow donors and blood donors!
It didn't always used to be that way. We were like perhaps some of you. We knew about organ donation and we knew it was important, but that was something someone else did or it was only when you died that you give your organs. Emily opened our world and we became educated and learned so much and now want to inspire and enlighten you to consider becoming an organ, tissue, eye , bone marrow and or blood donor as well. You could save lives. Go to https://www.organdonor.gov/ for more info and to https://bethematch.org in regards to bone marrow specifically. Nebraskans can check out our friends at https://www.ncbb.org/ about blood donations.
Photo taken 2 years ago at a Donate Life Nebraska Walk. Joe donated his kidney almost 12 years ago to Emily
