Because blogspot assumes you have been following from the start it presents the most recent first.
Here is the link to the first post on Holly's transplant journey.
It's been a long time since we have posted about about Holly's second life. Since I am updating for her Kidney Day poster I thought I'd do a short update.
Holly has been having a great second life continuing to write and edit for Lillie Suburban News, teaching journalism on an interim basis at Bethel University, surveying beaches on Lake Michigan during an avian botulism outbreak for the Michigan DNR. She also was able to take care of her parents as their health failed and they passed from this life. She would not have lived this second life had she not received Cheryl's gift. We are grateful how active Holly has been since her transplant.
The reason I am writing this update for Holly is that she is unable to do it herself. In October 2018 she became severely disabled. She was infected by a mosquito with West Nile virus (WNV). Because she is immunosuppressed the infection damaged her nervous system (our experiences with WNV are here). Once she cleared the virus she started to improve but she is still limited in what she can do but none of her current challenges are related to managing her kidney.
We want to celebrate Holly's Kidney Day, the gift of her best friend Cheryl to us. It is also a great time to celebrate all the systems, and especially the people and families that make these miracles possible.
