4歲起受慢性腎病折磨獲好心人捐腎更成知心好友

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4歲起受慢性腎病折磨獲好心人捐腎更成知心好友

2020年03月08日 12:00

生命的奇蹟！

器官捐贈把兩個素未謀面的女生連繫起來，從此密不可分。美國一位女子自小患有慢性腎病，逐漸喪失腎功能，至2016年情況變得嚴峻，急需進行移植手術。有好心人為幫助她，努力改善自身的高血壓問題，終成功捐出腎臟。二人亦因此成為好友，還在社交平台開設專頁，推動器官捐贈。

Erin Francis自4歲起便診斷出患有慢性腎病，即腎細胞組織持續損壞，無法進行排毒和調節荷爾蒙的功能。她逐漸喪失腎功能，在24歲時更惡化至第五期的末期腎臟病變，急需接受腎臟移植。

Erin的家人隨即在網上發文進行呼籲，有關Facebook帖文得到Breanna Sipple的注意，她形容：「好像有點東西觸動了我一樣，我當時就在哭，知道我就是她的捐贈者了。」

Breanna隨即進行身體檢查，不料被告知患有高血壓，未能如期捐出腎臟，但她未有輕言放棄，反而努力改善身體狀況，終成功通過檢測成為器官捐贈者。她又把自己抗病的經歷拍成短片，沒想到這片段竟傳到Erin眼中。Erin直言：「即使到了今天，我仍無法相信有人會用盡各種方法，只為幫助我。」

二人終在2017年9月順利進行移植手術，更在Instagram開設專頁，分享她們的生活，又協助推動器官捐贈，救助更多有需要病人。「我們做到了！」她們發文寫道：「當天手術後我去探望Erin，我永遠也不會忘記那時刻。這是一個我會珍惜一輩子的回憶。」

憶及進行手術時的心情，Breanna坦承：「感到害怕是很正常的，但這將會是整輩子最難忘的旅程。所以，想到就做吧！」

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Hi guys! Erin & Breanna here 🖤 Just wanted to introduce ourselves for those who don't know us. After finding out at the age of 4 Erin had CKD, in 2016 she found out she was in stage 5 kidney failure and needed a life saving kidney transplant. Her husband, Rich, created a facebook page to update family and possibly find her a donor. That's where I come in! (Breanna) I didn't know Erin but felt so connected to her and her story. I felt an overwhelming feeling to try to become her donor and began testing almost immediately. After 6 months of testing, I was turned away. Erin found out about me from a video log I kept while going through the donor testing process. We met at the Gift of Life donor dash and have been the best of friends ever since. She got on another hospitals transplant list and I knew I had to try again, I couldn't have been brought into her life for no reason! The stars aligned after further testing and it was me! I was able to donate my kidney to Erin. She underwent extensive treatments to help prevent rejection due to her antibodies and on September 12, 2017 we became connected for life. Our surgeries were successful and her dialysis port was removed immediately! After a month of recovery, she's is doing amazing and so is our kidney! Oh & me too! ✨ Our journey has just begun. We have so much more heart and encouragement to share in this world. I took a leap of faith to be more, will you? #bemore

BeMore（@teambemore）分享的貼文於 PDT 2017 年 10月月 19 日下午 5:27 張貼