KIDNEY DISEASE

During my research in speaking with numerous cardio-thoracic surgeons, I’ve learned that [some] children with this type of heart structure do have some problems with their kidneys. In Qadar’s case, he was born with enlarged kidneys that he eventually grew into and Hypothyroidism.

A nephrologist has followed him since the first time he lost his kidneys. His kidneys were functioning between 75% – 80%. As of December 2012, he is still Stage II, but his function did decrease and now functions at 71%. We’re following his function quite closely as you can imagine.

Side note: There are five (5) Stages of Kidney Disease that are as follows:

Stage I: Kidneys function greater than 90%
Stage II: Kidneys function between 60% – 89%
Stage III: Kidneys function between 30% – 59%
Stage IV: Kidneys function between 15% – 29%
Stage V: Less than 14% function