In the name of Allah, the most Beneficent, the most Merciful.
Waoo, it has been Four Years Now (13 September 2013-2017) since my mum had her transplant done at Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI). We arrived in this country in July 2012 as a family to live and progress our life and careers but you don’t know what happens next. My Mum was diagnosed with CKD stage 5, and after 8 or 9 months, when results were getting out of control, we had no other option left except Dialysis. My mum was very afraid and reserved about having this treatment, and we have seen a couple of people in our family who ultimately died because of this disease, and they were having dialysis. The whole situation and conditions were really frightening and terrible as we had no idea or clue what to do next.
First of all, Our GP, Dr Anjum, referred my mum to Fairfield Hospital Bury under the Consultation of Dr Sinha, who listened to us very deeply and then briefly explained the initial and future stages of this disease. She has given us a lot of hope and power that this disease is curable, and we have a lot of success stories. After that, we were shifted to Salford Royal Hospital under the Consultation of Dr Donne and other team members, who took the highest level of care and took us on board with every decision. I told her that me and my brother consent to be potential Live Donor for my mother, and she told me “Yes that’s possible”, we just have to follow the whole process for me and my mother to make this successful. Me and My brother passed the initial test for potential donors, but I decided to go ahead first to have the rest of the test done.
It took 3-4 months of Tests and all necessary investigations, and I have been told that I am fit enough to become a live donor. In July 2013, the Doctors told us that we had to put my mum on dialysis as there was no option left. My mum was still afraid and frightened, but I gave her all the motivation and courage that soon we will hear about our transplant date and by the Grace of Almighty Allah, we will have success in this. In the meantime, we received an appointment from MRI to see the transplant Surgeon. After all the necessary tests and investigations, they have given us the Date of 13th September 2013 (Friday) for the transplant. The operation really went well, and I got discharged after four days and my mum after one week. We have been discharged back to Salford Royal after 6 or 7 months, and now my mum is under the care of Dr Rachel Middleton and their team, who are playing a vital role in ensuring everything is upright. Since that time, my mum has been doing well in terms of her transplant, and my brother (Habib Qureshi), who is now the carer of my mother, is actively working to make sure everything remains positive and stable.
I don’t have enough words to thank all the people and members who have been involved in the process, but I do want to mention some names, as without them, it would not have been possible.
- Dr Sinha (Nephrologist)
- Dr Donne (Nephrologist)
- Dr Wood (He prepared me to be a potential live donor)
- Dr Afshin Tavakoli (Renal Transplant Surgeon)
- Dr Umer Masood (Transplant Surgeon)
- Dr Rachel Middleton
The purpose of this whole story is to tell the people that if you can change someone’s life with your donation, then please come forward and do so. This will greatly impact the person life who is on dialysis and can’t enjoy his life in the way they should. I hope this gives you some positive energy and you will think for anybody in your family or even for strangers
Kind Regards
Naqeeb Qureshi
