Kidney Walk draws hundreds to Truro
Local transplant patient thankful for huge local support
It was a sea of blue shirts following a bagpiper as hundreds of people streamed through Truro for the annual Kidney Walk.
Transplant recipient Jon Michael was with his wife Julie and four of their eight children, all showing support for the recent Kidney Foundation of Canada’s drive to ght kidney diseases.
“It’s fantastic, what a big difference, I can’t believe how good I feel,” said Michael, who previously suffered renal failure. “ ere’s a lot of support, money well spent, money well needed.”
Michael was diagnosed in 2011 and after ve years entered endstage renal failure and was on dialysis several times a week. He nally underwent his transplant in May of this year.
The Kidney Foundation of Canada was raising money to help patients with kidney disease cover costs of hospital trips and dialysis, while funding ongoing medical research and providing education on kidney health.
While Michael was fortunate, Hazel Muise’s husband George passed away from kidney failure in July last year. She was at the walk with her daughter Carol to honour their loved one, travelling from Beaverbank.
“If they have a good kidney they could pass it on,” said Muise. “I just appreciate all these people coming out and walking; it’s the best they can do. If they can donate a kidney that’s even better.”
For more information, visit www.kidneywalk.ca.