Dialysis assistance needed

Started 9 months ago

3 months left

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Chantal Gail Peel
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Alberton
South Africa
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Started 9 months ago
3 months left

Kevin has been a medic saving members of the community selflessly for his entire life. 

In 2020 he went for a medical check up for his PDP and was immediately diagnosed with end stage renal failure. A total shock and life changing moment. 

He has been going to dialysis 3 times a week and started the process of testing to get onto the transplant list. Unfortunately due to life happening we could no longer afford medical aid which meant stopping dialysis. 

Unfortunately the previous medical aid didn’t pay for some of Kevin’s sessions at National Renal Care and some of his blood tests at ampath so we are slowly trying to clear old outstanding amounts as well. 

He has now managed to apply to get back onto a medical aid but unfortunately it now means he will have a 12 month waiting period for absolutely everything to do with renal failure. 

His current kidney function is unfortunately sitting near 6% total function and will progressively get worse without dialysis as the toxins are building up in his body. 

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C. Peel 31 Jan '26
Unfortunately Kevins latest blood tests have come back looking horrible. The specialist is wanting him to increase his sessions per week. Due to our current financial situation Kevin wont be able t...

C. Peel 16 Jan '26
Kevin's latest blood tests show that his condition is not improving unfortunately. His latest kidneys function is sitting at 4% and alot more dialysis is needed as soon as possible. We have appeale...

C. Peel 11 Sep '25
Kevin has had 7 dialysis sessions and his blood results are starting to look better. Unfortunately due to such low kidney function his body is struggling to produce enough red blood cells so we now...

C. Peel 5 Sep '25
Just a quick pop in to give an update. Kevin has officially been for 6 sessions of dialysis thanks to the amazing people who have assisted him so far. Another batch of blood test have been done t...
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