Funds Needed For Warsaw Boy Receiving Kidney Transplant
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Jennifer [email protected]
However, unlike other 2-year-olds, Bartley was born with non-functioning kidneys and is in the process of receiving a kidney in June.
He has been on Peritoneal Dialysis since he was 2 weeks old and plans are for his aunt, Gloria Triplett, to donate her kidney. He will receive his kidney at Riley Hospital For Children.
“He has been through more needle sticks, medications, surgeries and so much more than any child should ever have to endure in the process of receiving a new kidney in just a few short months,” said his mother, Sarah.
At the time of transplant he will be hospitalized for approximately two to three weeks and then will stay near the hospital for the next month or two to be closely monitored.
He will more than likely need multiple kidney transplants in his life, Sarah said.
Bartley was born four weeks early due to some small complications, but was thought to be healthy.
Bartley was home three nights after coming home from the hospital, but he was not eating.
His parents took him to Kosciusko Community Hospital where blood samples were taken and he had a potassium level of 9.2.
“Medically speaking, he should have been dead,” Sarah said.
KCH staff tried to put an IV in more than 20 times, but failed.
He was then transferred to Lutheran Hospital where they tried to put an IV in him. That failed so he was sent to Riley.
He spent time at the hospital’s intensive care unit and his family was informed his kidney’s didn’t form correctly and they only had about 10 percent total function.
The family had two choices: try dialysis or take him home with the possibility of him dying.
They chose dialysis. He stayed in the hospital for around two months before coming home. He has been on dialysis ever since.
He’s had six surgeries. First being the placement of his catheter and then hernias associated with dialysis, ear tubes, gastrostomy tube placement and most recently his right kidney removal.
He does dialysis every night and is hooked up to a machine that pumps liquid into his peritoneum, the membrane that forms the lining of the abdominal cavity.
He also is hooked up to a feeding pump due to having renal failure.
He gets blood pressure and weight checks done by his mother daily.
Financial support will go toward medical costs, medications and travel expenses for his parents to get to and from the hospital. He also will be closely monitored even after the months of being near the hospital.
To donate for Bartley’s medical expenses, visit www.giveforward.com[[In-content Ad]]
However, unlike other 2-year-olds, Bartley was born with non-functioning kidneys and is in the process of receiving a kidney in June.
He has been on Peritoneal Dialysis since he was 2 weeks old and plans are for his aunt, Gloria Triplett, to donate her kidney. He will receive his kidney at Riley Hospital For Children.
“He has been through more needle sticks, medications, surgeries and so much more than any child should ever have to endure in the process of receiving a new kidney in just a few short months,” said his mother, Sarah.
At the time of transplant he will be hospitalized for approximately two to three weeks and then will stay near the hospital for the next month or two to be closely monitored.
He will more than likely need multiple kidney transplants in his life, Sarah said.
Bartley was born four weeks early due to some small complications, but was thought to be healthy.
Bartley was home three nights after coming home from the hospital, but he was not eating.
His parents took him to Kosciusko Community Hospital where blood samples were taken and he had a potassium level of 9.2.
“Medically speaking, he should have been dead,” Sarah said.
KCH staff tried to put an IV in more than 20 times, but failed.
He was then transferred to Lutheran Hospital where they tried to put an IV in him. That failed so he was sent to Riley.
He spent time at the hospital’s intensive care unit and his family was informed his kidney’s didn’t form correctly and they only had about 10 percent total function.
The family had two choices: try dialysis or take him home with the possibility of him dying.
They chose dialysis. He stayed in the hospital for around two months before coming home. He has been on dialysis ever since.
He’s had six surgeries. First being the placement of his catheter and then hernias associated with dialysis, ear tubes, gastrostomy tube placement and most recently his right kidney removal.
He does dialysis every night and is hooked up to a machine that pumps liquid into his peritoneum, the membrane that forms the lining of the abdominal cavity.
He also is hooked up to a feeding pump due to having renal failure.
He gets blood pressure and weight checks done by his mother daily.
Financial support will go toward medical costs, medications and travel expenses for his parents to get to and from the hospital. He also will be closely monitored even after the months of being near the hospital.
To donate for Bartley’s medical expenses, visit www.giveforward.com[[In-content Ad]]
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