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9780971098831

The Courage to Live: My Personal Journey With God, a Kidney Patient's Story

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    9780971098831

  • ISBN10:

    0971098832

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-11-01
  • Publisher: Acorn Pub
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Summary

Details the twenty-year physical and emotional battle Carmen Critchlow and her family have fought against Kidney Disease;
Shares how in a powerful way this uninvited "battle" has been transformed into a spiritual journey with God;
Describes in clear, understandable terms the implications of kidney failure and the reality of dialysis;
Invites readers to reflect on what organ donation can mean to a recipient family;
Tells the compelling untold story of thousands of families whose finances can be destroyed by a health crisis;
Challenges us all to think again about our own faith, how we share in community, and how we respond to God's invitation of growth in our own lives.
It is a memorable story about overcoming adversity with hefty doses of love, faith, community, humor and personal courage.

Table of Contents

Foreword: Reflections on a Woman of Courage ix
Introduction 1(4)
What Is Dialysis?
5(8)
Culture Shock
13(14)
Gift of Life
27(10)
Loss and Forgiveness
37(6)
``We Have a Kidney For You.''
43(16)
There Is a God
59(20)
Epilogue: Some Thoughts about Organ Donation
79(10)
Appendix of Resources:
89(19)
General Living Donor Contacts
89(1)
Organ Procurement Organizations by State and Region
90(15)
About Travel
105(3)
A. Emergency Travel Pack Suggestions for Hemodialysis
105(1)
B. Emergency Travel Pack for CAPD
106(1)
C. Emergency Travel Pack for CCAPD
107(1)
About Medication 108(1)
About Pain and Coping with Limitations 109(3)
Spiritual Resources 112(3)
About You and Community 115(1)
Local Support Goups 116(1)
Glossary 117

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