Thank you for my Kidney Patient Educational Scholarship!

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Dear National Kidney Foundation of Utah & Idaho,

I’d like to thank everyone for the wonderful work/service you do changing lives; I especially want to thank all those that played a part in and made my receiving this Kidney Patient Educational Scholarship possible. I understand that the majority of the donations come from Kidney Kars donations. So my parents are donating their 2003 Acura to you when we arrive to Utah. I so look forward to continuing my education and one day hope to be a doctor, like so many doctors who cared for me as a kid when I was sick with kidney failure.  I want to bless the lives, and pay the blessings forward!  This scholarship makes this possible! I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to make the most out of y newfound energy and live!

Sincerely,

Kendon H.

Again thank you for everything, may the kidney foundation and all it’s employees be blessed for all their efforts

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August 18, 2019
Dear National Kidney Foundation of Utah ,
My wife Nicole and I would like to express utmost thanks for the one time payment that applies to help with our rent . It came at a much needed time and has truly been a blessing and a miracle in our lives .
It has been a hard year for my wife and I. My kidney function started to decline drastically last December (2018). I was treated for sepsis in March due to an infection which resulted in cellulitis caused by kidney failure . In April we were in a serious car accident in which my wife broke her ankle. She was out of work for nine weeks and I was her caretaker even though I was currently sick.
In July my kidney dropped below 15% and I started dialysis. I had surgery just a week earlier to put in my fistula but required  AV access in the chest because the fistula wasn’t quite ready.
Currently I’m in dialysis and doing physical therapy for the accident but also neuropathy and muscle failure caused by sepsis .
It’s been an emotional roller coaster for us this whole year, which is why I described this assistance as a miracle, because that’s truly what it is. We couldn’t be more thankful for the timeliness or help, and for that our hearts are full of gratitude .
Again thank you for everything, may the kidney foundation and all it’s employees be blessed for all their efforts .
Sincerely ,
Matt and Nicole O