March is National Kidney Month. While that may not mean much to you, chances are someone in your family is affected. One out of three people is at risk for kidney disease. via annetrujillo7
“So it was pretty low-risk until I was 33 and a half weeks, and at that time I started to not feel very well," Latts explained."I started to feel very tired. I was very puffy, I had a lot of edema or swelling, which is very common in pregnancy, and tired, which, you know, I was carrying around this huge belly.”
Suddenly, the symptoms were getting worse for this mom-to-be, who is also a high-risk pregnancy doctor. “I was on dialysis. And we were hoping my kidneys would get better because it was an acute kidney, kidney injury. So it was not impossible that they would recover, but they didn't," Latts said."Two or two and a half months after the babies were born, they told me I needed to be evaluated for kidney transplant. So that was, that was a big deal... That was a tough day.”
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