The 36-year-old is now undergoing three four-hour sessions of dialysis a week to keep her alive
A young Scots mum in complete kidney failure is begging people to sign up as live organ donors over fears her children could be orphaned. Widow Kerry Brown was diagnosed with an extremely rare autoimmune disease called Goodpasture syndrome in January this year, which left her with just four percent kidney function.
“They’ve already lost one parent so I’m all they’ve got left. And I can’t even begin to explain the fear of them not having me. I have to be here for them. This is all for them. As a mum, you would do absolutely anything you can for them. Seven family members volunteered to donate an organ to Kerry after her diagnosis, but were all sadly ruled out for medical reasons.
In January, the mum-of-three noticed a tremor in her hands, a loss of appetite followed by a heavy nosebleed with massive clots prompting her to go to A&E. She explained: “I thought I’d maybe picked up an infection and I’d just get an antibiotic and everything would be fine. “They sent blood away and it turned out it was an autoimmune disease called Goodpasture syndrome or Anti-GBM disease which is very, very rare. The consultant had never seen it in anyone my age.
“I keep myself so fit, I’m really healthy and I don’t really drink so I was trying to figure out how this had happened. The consultant said they’d never be able to tell me for sure but that viruses can trigger something in your immune system.”
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