Ride to Pikes Peak

An opportunity for a mother and son to do something special for Polycystic Kidney Disease, for organ donation and for us.

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In 1806, Zebulon Pike traveled west and sighted Pikes Peak. We biked 990 miles along his route and then ran the Pikes Peak Marathon. We are so grateful for the opportunity to raise PKD awareness. PKD caused the failure of Pat’s kidneys. A transplant saved her life eight years ago. Pat’s brothers, sisters and mother were afflicted with PKD, seven in all. Pat describes how PKD affected her life and televised news features are in the "News Coverage" link on the left margin.

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

With a few good friends

Once again I feel compelled to write about how great the encouragement and help of our friends is. My mother and I have received assistance, encouragement, gifts, donations and so much more. Our friends, the Busse family, posted a note in the guestbook and funded PKD research at our PKD Foundation on-line donation. The photo is from April when I stayed at their house before the Boston Marathon.

Thank you everyone. There is much we can accomplish together. We can encourage families and people with PKD. We can appreciate their strength. We can raise funds for research. We can support proposed national legislation to prevent discrimination in benefits and employment. We can make a difference for PKD.

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