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UNIFYING IT ALL
Kidney disease touches family twice as trials and tribulations of the affliction take their toll BY BREANNE MASSEY Times Staff
John and Lisa Sloot dreamt about raising their children in a small community, but shortly after moving to Castlegar, the family was jilted by kidney disease—twice. The dream of living in a closeknit community came with a hefty price—commuting to Vancouver and Calgary more than 30 times for their son Ken’s treatments after he was diagnosed with kidney disease. “It’s not just the cost of going down there,” said John at the Kidney Walk in Gyro Park on Sunday morning, “there’s the cost of a hotel and it’s hard on the kids while they were young. They would get car-sick on the way down.” The Sloot’s small town dream quickly turned into a nightmare. In May of 2000 Ken was hospitalized for appendicitis and his blood work showed that of someone in his
Lisa and John Sloot
Day of awareness BY BREANNE MASSEY Times Staff
The Trail Kidney Walk earned 81 per cent of their $15,000 goal before the day had passed. More than 60 people attended the 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. fundraiser in Gyro Park on Sunday. And they came from all over the West Kootenay. “The West Kootenay is a large region so we have to pick one physical, geographical spot to have this walk,” explained event coordinator Laura Farnsworth.
See WALK, Page 3 senior years. Through the Alberta Children’s Hospital Ken was diagnosed with chronic renal failure, or more specifically, juvenile nephronophthisis. A childhood genetic kidney disease in which there is progressive, symmetrical destruction of the kidneys—characteristically resulting in anemia, polyuria, polydipsia, a decreased ability to concentrate urine, progressive renal failure and death in uremia. Chronic kidney failure affects growth and leads to short stature and possibly premature death. When Ken was 12 Lisa donated her kidney to him, but it failed without warning after eight years and resulted in dialysis treatments.
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ROSSLAND
Fall Fair coming up soon BY ARNE PETRYSHEN Rossland News
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The dancers of Morphreak African Drummers of Winlaw gave praise to the heavens during their rousing performance at the Unity Music Festival on the weekend at Sleep is for Sissies café in the Slocan Valley. The Winlaw festival drew over 500 people in its third year, boasting a playbill of nearly all homegrown talent.
Baking and vegetable growing will soon take centre stage as the Rossland Fall Fair which runs alongside Golden City Days approaches. Saturday Sept. 8 is the day the Fall Fair will be unleashing its golden goodness on the Golden City. The fair is known for its competitions in baking and vegetable growing, as well as great activities for the kids. “I’d like to encourage people to enter things they’ve grown in their garden or crafts they or their children have done,” said organizer Ursula Stephens.
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