Shortly after finding out that her teenage son’s kidneys had failed, Nadie Budwah learned that he would need a transplant in order to survive.
Naturally, both Budwah and her husband offered to be donors. However, Budwah said her husband fell ill and was unable to serve as the donor. As a result, Budwah said being the only option left, she offered to provide her kidney and about three weeks ago she was able to confirm via testing that will be able to provide the kidney for her son’s transplant.
“To be honest, I am not afraid for me but I am afraid for him. I am just praying for the kidney to accept and so on. But for me if anything happen to me, I am not really mindful. I just want to give my son a little bit longer life, let him see what life is and that’s about it,” Budwah told Sunday Stabroek.
Her son, Aditya Mohabir, 15 of Vriesland, West Bank Demerara, is scheduled to undergo a kidney transplant on January 18th. The surgery is to be done at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).
Kidney failure, also called end-stage renal disease, is the last stage of chronic kidney disease.
According to the Mayo Clinic website, acute kidney failure occurs when the kidney suddenly becomes unable to filter waste products from the blood.
Budwah explained that Mohabir was diagnosed with kidney failure in late August, 2020, shortly after he fell ill.
“He started to vomit. I assumed was blood because it looked red, dark red and he was getting the blowing (shortness of breath),” she said.
Mohabir was taken to the West Demerara Regional Hospital, where he was admitted for about five days. “His blood count was going down very fast and he got a pint of blood. After he got the blood he started to swell,” she added.
Mohabir’s condition worsen and he was transferred to the GPH, where it was confirmed that he was suffering from kidney failure.
According to Budwah, doctors recommended dialysis treatment for Mohabir, which he subsequently started to receive.
Since then, Budwah said, Mohabir has been in and out of the hospital.
Mohabir has been undergoing dialysis treatment at the Doobay Dialysis Centre at Annandale, East Coast Demerara.
According to Budwah, his dialysis schedule varies depending on his condition.
“He started to get like whole week… then it go down to three times a week but it wasn’t helping him because he did still getting the shortness of breath and then they put him on back for the whole week again and that’s how he was, like back and forth, whole week, three times,” Budwah explained.
Before the transplant, Mohabir is scheduled to undergo about four more sessions of dialysis treatment. The dialysis treatment is being paid for by the family, while his surgery is being covered by the government.
Budwah related to Sunday Stabroek that she has received financial assistance from a number of individuals and it will be used to pay for the remaining of Mohabir dialysis treatments and his aftercare following the transplant.
