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Jayde,
"My daughter,
ivation.
is my daily mot
my baby
I do it all for
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girl, knowing th
ts her
needs and wan
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daddy healthy.

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My
PKD Story

with PKD in
was diagnosed
while I was
2005 at age 21
d
ll at Bakersfiel
playing footba
RI
M
an
g
gettin
College. I was
d the doctor
an
,
ck
on my ba
s.
on my kidney
noticed cysts
y of
or
st
hi
family
Because of my
g,
in
st
te
r
r furthe
PKD, I went fo
sis.
no
ag
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ed th
which confirm

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WAKE-UP CA
17, I went
20
er
ob
ct
O
In
re and spent
into renal failu
hospital.
23 days in the
e birth of my
Other than th
was the most
daughter, that
ent of my
life-altering ev
e 23 days to
life. I took thos
up until that
look at my life
ized what's
al
point, and I re
t and who I
really importan
me from that
wanted to beco
day forward.

JD MACY
lifornia
Bakersfield, Ca
@_jdmacy_

MY ADVICE
ory. Posting
Share your st
out PKD and
and talking ab
lped my
dialysis has he
a better
ve
ha
loved ones
g of what's
understandin
me.
going on with
define you.
D
PK
t
Don't le
d there
Life goes on, an
d of the
en
e
is light at th
n overcome
tunnel. You ca
u may face.
yo
any obstacle
I've been
Keep moving.
three years,
on dialysis for
working out
and I've been
e. Being active
tim
the whole
d
ith my labs an
really helps w
n.
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