Why I Walk
I walk because my mom no longer could. I walk because more needs to be done to enhance the quality of life of those experiencing kidney disease. I walk because dialysis is not a cure, only a temporary treatment. I walk because too many families (like mine) have coped or are coping with this devastating chronic illness, and thousands more will face an unexpected kidney disease diagnosis in the year to come. I walk because death from kidney disease is not kind or gentle. I walk because it's the final thing I can do to honor the life of my beautiful, kind, caring, funny, silly, loving mother, who fought so hard to keep living. Team carolb1943's goal is $3,120, one dollar for approximately every hour my mom, Carol Ann Manthei Bradley Basey, spent away from family and on a dialysis machine.

I walk to support the lifechanging work of the National Kidney Foundation:
     - To ensure that families will have a place to turn when they need answers.
     - To keep up the fight for policy changes to protect kidney patients and living donors. THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT!
     - To drive innovation in transplantation and get more loved ones off the kidney transplant waitlist.

Are you with me?

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