Kathy Prentice

My name is Kathy Prentice I was born with one kidney and over the years my kidney started showing signs of deterioration. In 2017 my nephrologist eventually suggested that I start the process to be placed on the transplant list and also attend the dialysis classes.

I attended the dialysis classes but I always told myself that dialysis was not for me because of its limitations. By now my kidney was only functioning at 9% and my nephrologist suggested that I find a living donor since it will take several years to get a deceased donor because there are thousands of people on the list.

It was decided that my husband will get tested to be my donor, unfortunately he was not a match, so my older daughter, Ayesha decided she will get tested, although I did not agree with her decision. Fortunately, for me she was a match. I know that it was God who directed her to make this great sacrifice, so on December 5, 2018 I had my transplant.

I would like to thank Dr. Christine O’Mahony and her surgical team, and the nurses at St. Luke’s who took excellent care of me while I was in the hospital. My care team was compassionate, caring, and patient.