A curvy road to diagnosis

LeeAnn Hujanen went through a dramatic turn of events that led to her PKD diagnosis on April 11, 2013. Adopted as a child, LeeAnn was unsure of her biological medical ...

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Sharing a kidney and a lifetime of love

My husband is the best. He took those marriage vows to heart, in sickness and in health, only thanks to him I’m not sick anymore! Larry and Jan Blaylock first ...

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Scott Peppet

My mother died from PKD complications at 61, after having two kidney transplants. Her kidneys failed around age 50, and she had a very rough decade after that. She was ...

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Cyrilla Haverkamp

My grandmother died in 1961 at the age of 56 from Polycystic Kidney Disease and in June of 2013, I turned 56. As a way to honor her memory and ...

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Christina Prieto

When I was younger, I knew my dad had an illness but I didn’t really understand what PKD was. He is one of 11 children, and we were always told ...

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Giving for a better future

During the estate planning process, Harold Saul determined it was important for him to include a contribution to the PKD Foundation in his will for the benefit of future generations. ...

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Young couple joins Founders’ Annual Giving Society to help move the needle

Dustin Williams and Bailey Jackson have been married for two and a half years. Both are getting ready to turn 25, and they have already become members of the PKD ...

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Jill Riester

When Jill Riester found out she had PKD, she was a 23-year-old newlywed just home from a military stint in Germany with her United States Army husband…and she was absolutely ...

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Richard Pearson

Richard Pearson had always known about his family’s PKD genetic history. His great grandmother died from PKD complications, and his mother, Doris, spent most her of adult life worrying about ...

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