Filling the Void

As a little girl, I never dreamed of my fairy tale wedding, my ideal home with a white picket fence and beautiful children running happily around our perfectly manicured lawn....

Punt PKD

There have been numerous times throughout my PKD journey when I have been in a medical facility, such as the emergency room, and have had to explain what polycystic kidney...

Making the best of it

Valen and Noah celebrating their six-year anniversary in Valen’s hospital room. Sickness never comes at the right time. When living with chronic health issues, it’s likely that we’ll miss out...

Facing a diagnosis

Valen in the procedure room right before her ERCP. There are certain days in our lives that will never be forgotten, either by choice or because the significance of them...

Tolvaptan Clinical Trial Results

Learn the latest about the REPRISE (tolvaptan) clinical trial results from Ron Perrone, M.D., nephrologist at Tufts University and long-standing member of the PKD Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC). Dr....