Please help my son kidney transplant

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Lorraine van der Berg
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Started 2 yrs ago
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Lorraine van der Berg (mother), Gerhard, and his brother Coenraad had a very difficult 1 year and six months.

First, we lost my husband and their dad in 2021 due to cancer.

In July 2021, Gerhard went to the hospital for a blood transfusion, and a day after admission to the hospital, the doctor's phone call conveyed that they were concerned for his life as both his kidneys had stopped working. He was diagnosed with stage 5 acute renal failure, with only 4% kidney function. The road was very hard and rocky for all of us. They inserted a PD tube into his stomach for him to undergo dialysis four times a day. All the necessary tests have been completed for Gerhard regarding a kidney transplant, but at this stage, there is no indication of when the transplant will take place. After that, the next tragedy hit us very hard. My son and their brother, Alexander, passed away on 27 May 2023 due to an infection in the stomach.

On 28 September 2023, Gerhard's blood pressure spiked. He was taken by ambulance to Pretoria East Hospital's emergency ward, where he had his fir...

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