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BUFFALO, N.Y. — When you spend two minutes with 27-year-old Ashley Berlinski, you may inform she has a vivid spirit, with loads of optimism to match.
“I look OK, however on the within, issues will not be so nice,” she mentioned.
Berlinski has devoted her life to caring for others. She is at present a nurses help at Sisters Hospital and going to highschool to grow to be a nurse.
“Simply all the time needed to assist folks and maintain folks, and I figured being a nurse would do this justice,” Berlinski mentioned.
4 years in the past after passing out at work, Ashley was taken to the hospital. She spent per week there earlier than medical doctors found what was unsuitable.
“They lastly did a kidney biopsy, came upon that I used to be already in stage two renal failure,” she mentioned.
Ashley was placed on a transplant checklist and started receiving remedy at Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Rochester. She does dialysis from house 10 hours a day, however lately issues took a flip for the more serious.
“The previous couple months they came upon my kidney operate is finish stage renal failure. It has been for awhile, so it is stage 5,” she mentioned. “My well being has gotten progressively worse. I would wish a donor throughout the subsequent couple months.”
Her co-workers at Sisters Hospital, who’ve now grow to be household, are working to assist discover her a donor. They’re creating posts on Fb, posting flyers, and doing something to assist get the phrase out.
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“They have been so great. They’re similar to, ‘We wish to allow you to, we’ll discover you this kidney,’ ” Berlinksi mentioned.
Berlinski says she will not surrender hope, figuring out how a lot it could imply in the long run.
“It will imply quite a bit. It will imply … phrases cannot describe how a lot it could imply,” she mentioned.
Berlinksi wants a donor with O-negative or O-positive blood sort.
Nonetheless, if you do not have that blood sort, you may nonetheless assist her. When you donate a kidney to another person in want, the hospital will have the ability to discover her a kidney as nicely.
If you need extra details about transplantation or the donation course of you may click here. You too can name the hospital tip line (585) 275-7753.
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