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Seven years. It’s been seven years, and Flyers fan Candice Smith is still in search of a living donor. Candice has been living with kidney disease for some time now, and is awaiting a new kidney through a living donor program.
This whole process started June 24, 1999, two weeks after Candice graduated high school. She started controlling her sugars on and off, until her high blood pressure developed.
“In 2011, I started noticing small signs like swelling in the ankles & migraines. October 2012, I had a biopsy done and Christmas of 2012, I met with the nephrologist and was told my options were either hemodialysis in a center three times a week, or peritoneal dialysis every night at home while I sleep.