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Originally posted by ENTITY2000
my little brother is 17 and was born with prune -belly syndrome, he is mentally fine but that means he was born with his abdominal muscles deteriated sp? anyway he wasn't suppose to live to b 2, but by some miracle he made this far, the doctors at the children's hospital said it was the one of the worst cases they have ever seen. well my whole point of this story is he only has one kidney b/c they had to remove the other one b/c it failed, the doctors also said that it would fail, well right here with in the past couple of months he has been in and out of th hospital. it's happening and all i want to do is cry, i know that is not the thing to do though cause i have to b strong 4 my mom, and i will! we will be going to birmingham children's hospital aug 7, hopefully to be tested to see if i am a compatable donor. i hope so, sorry for the depressing story i seen this thread and had to get it out !
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I hope that they find that you're a compatible donor. I'll keep you and your brother in my thoughts and prayers.
I've only known two people my age (when I was in my 20s) who died: one was a car accident, the other a suicide. They were both people I was stationed with when I was in the Air Force.