Our 1st Kidney Walk

Today was the National Kidney Foundation walk in St. Louis.  It was our 1st time walking, and hopefully will not be our last. It amazes me the number of people who came out to walk for someone who has had kidney disease touch their lives. It rained the entire day, but people still were so happy to be there.

Except for Jim...he was feeling miserable and cold in the rain. His back hurt because of the extra fluids he is carrying, He was able to walk a little bit of the mile walk but then seemed happier to go to lunch.

His last appointment on Thursday the doctor told him (as I have also been telling him) he needs to start walking or at least have more movement during the day. With that in mind, he has started walking around our circle drive with a little detour of heading into the woods to look for mushrooms. It seems though when he starts more movement, then somehow gout sets in. Even with him drinking his tart cherry juice all week, he came home with pain in his left ankle after the walk and is now sitting with ice on it. Such a vicious cycle we just are not able to figure out.

Here are some pictures from the walk. Hopefully when we attend next year, our "Team Jim" will be much larger and he will be able to wear a yellow lei that designates him as a "kidney transplant recipient".

P.S. Thanks Joyce for walking with us along with "Jill's Kidney Beans".