From a failed kidney transplant 32 months ago to now being uprooted to B.C. Children’s, 16-year-old Zach Tremblay’s torment continues
A 16-year-old from Castlegar is camped out at Ronald McDonald House in Vancouver with his mom because the dialysis he requires is unavailable to him near home at the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital.
“We’re going to be here until the end of March,” Jana Tremblay said. “IHA limbo, I call it. … We were told Trail doesn’t accept patients who are not 17 years old plus a day. Zach turns 17 on March 18.” For his latest travail, he and his mom arrived in Vancouver on Jan. 6, but the journey had been delayed for a few days by weather.
“He’s really upset and wants to go home,” Jana said. “He wants to go to school, he wants to see his friends, see his dad and his brother.While hemodialysis is performed three to four times a week, peritoneal dialysis is a daily, home-based treatment once the patient and family are trained, according to a B.C. Children’s spokeswoman. Neither form is considered more rare or more specialized.
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