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ISSUE 1,135 Friday 17th May 2024
KIDNEY TRANSPLANT APPROVED By Fi Maddison A bright ‘hello’ and a cherry ‘I'm Harper’ bubbles out from three-year-old Harper Cromie as she sits at the table with her carer while receiving her lunch via a tube inserted through her nose and down into her stomach. In the background hovers her mum, Emily. Emily and Nic Cromie, from Glenroy area, are way beyond excited that Harper has been approved for a kidney transplant for July in Auckland. And it cannot come soon enough for her parents. Harper has a rare inherited (congenital) nephrotic kidney disease and has spent most of her young life on a dialysis machine to keep her alive after her kidneys failed. She also lost her hearing aged three months but miraculously got it back 18 months later. While Harper doesn’t know life as being any different from when she was born, for her parents it has been a long road of learning and struggle. “It’s been hard,” says Emily, “it doesn’t come naturally looking after a child with a serious illness. There’s nothing to prepare you for it; it’s something you're forced into as a parent. There’s no right or wrong way of doing things, you learn as you go.” Emily says her life is different to what she imagined motherhood to be, everything is amplified. Having a child who has unique needs means being aware and on guard while
Harper Cromie helps her mum, Emily, collect pinecones for the fire. A new lifesaving kidney for Harper in July will make a world of difference for this family. still trying to give her daughter a normal life. “It’s not fair to expect other parents to manage their children around Harper.” Emily has had to work out the best way to manage Harper’s social life as safely as possible while not excluding her so she can learn, grow, and play. “Our days are filled with her care and feeding regime,” says Emily. Each night it Tree pruning and removals Difficult trees Hedge trimming Advice and tree assessments Fully qualified and Insured
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takes two people to hook Harper up to her dialysis machine. She spends 12 hours on the machine with approximately 10 litres of special fluid pumped through her body to filter waste and extra fluid from her blood. Throughout the night, the
machine’s alarm goes off and Emily says each time sends a wave of pain through her body. “We haven’t had a full night’s sleep for so long. Exhaustion is our biggest area of struggle.”
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