Hello my dear friends of steemit, today I want to talk about the harsh reality of renal patients and I do it because I live in my own flesh this dilemma, my younger brother of 38 years is called romauro castillo, residing in Mérida - Venezuela, lives through dialysis since 2011, in 2004 he was diagnosed with his kidney disease and in 2011 he became more severe so dialysis was required, initially it was done from home, a space was prepared with all the controls and measures to be able to locate the dialysis unit, social security provided all the monthly treatment including soap, my house looked like a deposit since monthly sent 40 to 50 boxes of treatment, in 2016 suffered an infection that is to say it is a bacterium where the peritoneal catheter was located, which is why it had to be moved to the neck, but for various reasons it was covered causing a thrombus that almost caused the death, for such a circumstance they put the fistula in his arm but he can not do it at home because of the type of fistula he must now be dialyzed in the university hospital of the Andes - Mérida three (03) times a week he must be in the place approximately at 4 in the morning to be the first person because the service is congested, this disease has been strong for my whole family, we wanted to help him somehow but it has been impossible, I talked to my mother because she wanted to interview me the treating doctor to do all the studies and be able to donate my kidney but I was not compatible, my youngest daughter of only 9 years old called him since we are far from the city of Merida,
and told her that she wanted to donate her little kidney to save her life, but she is still very small, but we did not want to take away her desire to help and my brother with tears in his eyes and his choked voice explained that because of his young age he could not , unfortunately it is a degenerative disease, the little by little it is extinguished like the light of the candles, its organs are deteriorating, the defenses have very low and it always gets sick which warrants hospitalization for its delicate state, previously as I am Hypertensive because my mother tried as much as possible not to tell me what happened with the romauro, but there was an occasion that was so bad and I was not informed that it bothers me very much, I understand that it is my health, but I prefer that they tell me everything, be aware of everything and to avoid finding out when it is too late. My brother's life changed in many ways, he can not have fun, go out, share, drive, even work, the romauro uncle for my daughters is the daddy that they have not had, and even though I suffer and cry silently daughters realize that something is not right.
Previously when in Venezuela you could live normal, I traveled every 15 days or a month, to visit them, even if they called me and informed me that my brother was sensitive or was hospitalized I did not think twice, I prepared luggage and left running with my Daughters because I did not know if it was the last time I would see it, but now I have almost a year that I can not travel, the tickets are super expensive, and we are 3 people who always add up.
In Mérida kidney transplants are suspended, I believe that, nationally, my brother has been waiting for years for both living and dead people, and they are suspended because there are no post-operative medications that are necessary for recovery and recovery. not consuming them can cause rejection of the same and even death.
Day by day, in my prayers, of my family, especially my mother, who is devoted body and soul to assist my brother, to accompany him, in his diet, but you can imagine the difficult situation that we are going through, such as diet for any sick, all Venezuelans sick or do not make diet required.
We only hope first god get a donor to extend the life of my brother or simply wait for his will, we all have faith in God, because you know that the time of God is perfect, but I tell you that the faith that has my romauro is great , that it infects and we wish that one of the many days that the monthly routine exams are carried out, the results will be satisfactory and we can celebrate together the successful recovery of the castle romauro.
Thanks my friends, they are loved.
This picture was taken in 2009, the year his youngest son was born.
This picture was taken in January 2018, the day of his birthday.
photos taken from my facebook account.