A Family Diagnosis

October 12, 2020 00:14:46
A Family Diagnosis
Let's Talk About Life
A Family Diagnosis

Oct 12 2020 | 00:14:46

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Hosted By

Colleen Gerber

Show Notes

Having a family member in organ failure doesn't happen often. Imagine, then, the overwhelming challenges faced by a family with multiple members in this vulnerable condition, all wondering whether they will receive an organ transplant or be forced to live a compromised life. For Julie Dabb Pencak, this is the reality she lives every day. Listen to Julie explain how kidney disease has affected her mother, siblings, and children and changed her own life.

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