It was June 1963 My parents where so excited about the birth of their first child, But when I finally arrived there was huge panic and things where not how they should have been. It is now 2007 and over the last 44yrs of my life I have had many health issues which have landed me in hospital in a critical condition.
I was born with Spina Bifida which is a birth defect, the spine is not formed properly at sixteen weeks gestation which needs to be closed up soon after birth, in doing this delicate operation there is a very high risk of causing paralysis of the legs and other health issues.
I have over the years faced death many times but my biggest mountain I had to climb was in 2003. After spending 15 years on dialysis after the birth of my daughter I was told by my specialist that if I did not receive a kidney within the year I will die.
I was so shocked I had never in 15yrs heard those words from him this was very serious.
All I could here where the echoes of my daughter (now sixteen) saying to me as a little girl “Promise me you won't die mummy” all I could say to her then was “I can not promise you But I will try really hard not to” So what do I do now hope and prey as my fate was no longer in my hands.
One day whilst sitting down talking to my partner he said to me “Why can't I give you a kidney”? I answered “I'm not sure that you will be compatible and you also have children to think about”.
After consulting the doctor and my partner enduring many moths of test the answer to his question was answered, He was compatible and three months later we had a dated in the operating theater. I felt like I was born again I had never felt so healthy in fifteen years, But not only that I was able to see my daughter turn eighteen and now at the age of twenty I also have been honored to see her be engaged.
This all thanks to modern medicine, the wonderful people who perform these miracles on a daily basis and the man who gave me a second chance at life.
