Nephritis
Sixty years ago almost to the day my brother who was seven years older than I, died from kidney failure for which all those years ago there was very little treatment. Very soon after he died his wife of only twelve months gave birth to a daughter. Several years later this lovely girl, my niece, was diagnosed with kidney failure. After years of treatment a kidney donor was found and after a successful operation she now enjoys reasonably good health. A happy ending? Not really. Two of her three children were diagnosed with kidney failure recently. Her daughter, who incidentally now has kids of her own,..twins in fact, was admitted into hospital on Sunday and was given a new kidney. Her son, who also has very young kids, has only 19% kidney operation. We are waiting for yet another donor. Of course we are all now very concerned for their young children and what the future holds for them.