by admin | Jun 2, 2016 | ADPKD, Living with PKD
The spring, for many, signals a new start and a perfect time to set new goals for the rest of the year. For 21-year-old Brianna Rodgers of Grapevine, Texas, 2014 is her year to make a difference in the PKD community. “I just want to take the opportunity to do...
by admin | Jun 2, 2016 | ADPKD
Every wedding is a little different – some couples jump over brooms, break glasses or wear blue. For Karli and Cuyler Franzke, an age-old wedding tradition turned into an opportunity to raise funds to support the PKD Foundation. Several weeks before her wedding,...
by admin | Jun 2, 2016 | ADPKD
Polycystic kidney disease is a family disease. Like freckles and blue eyes, there’s a chance that a parent will pass it along to their child. Though Barbara Meskin’s family had passed along PKD for many generations, she had no idea that the family disease...
by admin | Jun 2, 2016 | ARPKD, Dialysis, Living with PKD
By Trisha Muldoon About Sami Lynn In October 2008, my husband Jason and I found out that we were expecting our first child. In March 2009, we found out that we were having a girl, due mid July 2009. At that same appointment our doctor said that he thought she had PKD....
by admin | Jun 2, 2016 | ADPKD, Living with PKD, PKD Youth
The average teen is more concerned with school, friends and a ride home from volleyball practice than the health of their renal system. For Kerilyn Benoit, health is at the forefront of her worries. At just 13 years old, Kerilyn was diagnosed with polycystic kidney...
