Jack's Hunt for a Kidney

05/01/2022

Hi everyone! Jack continues to get stronger and his labs are heading in the right direction. He is still in St. Louis but will be heading back to Quincy on Wednesday of this week. We have set up a meal train for him to help with his care. Feel free to message Ali Manahan with any questions!

Please keep these in mind when cooking:
- all meat needs to be cooked to medium well to well done
- eggs need to be cooked
- cheeses must be pasteurized
- rinse fruits and vegetables
- avoid raw sprouts (alfalfa or bean sprouts). Cooked sprouts are okay.
- NO grapefruit, pomegranate and star fruit as they can interfere with transplant medication.

https://mealtrain.com/r4z6n7

A Meal Train page is active for Jack Freiburg. MealTrain.com simplifies the process of giving and receiving meals and more.

04/25/2022

Jack is getting stronger every day. He’s still doing dialysis as the kidney hasn’t ”woken up” yet but this is common with deceased kidneys. Found out today that he can’t hunt/fish for a year and his response was “well that’s going to be a problem!” 😂 He has to be very careful around ticks and animals due to parasites. He doesn’t have many dietary restrictions anymore but can’t eat at buffets or eat food that’s been out for longer than an hour. When he goes home to Quincy I (Ali, his daughter) plan on setting up a meal train for him but will keep everyone updated on that. He’s hopefully coming home to my house in O’Fallon today or tomorrow but we don’t know for sure yet. He’s getting a port put in sometime today to make lab draws easier.

Feel free to message/call him. He’s doing great!

04/22/2022

Jack is doing great! His kidney output is continuing to progress and he’s gotten up to walk with occupational therapy. Everything is going as expected!

04/22/2022

Jack says “Thank you for the incredible outpouring of support and love. My kidney is working and my spirits are high. God bless you all.”

04/21/2022

Just talked to the doc. He's done. Everything went great! Kidney is still "waking up" but they said that's normal. It will be a couple hours before we get to see Jack Freiburg

04/21/2022

Great news! Keep the prayers coming!

04/21/2022

Three years in the making and Jack Freiburg is getting a new kidney!! Send prayers his way. Surgery should be around 4 hours.

10/18/2020

There’s a new sitcom coming out about kidney donation! What a great way to get the word out there about living donors. Can’t wait to watch! https://youtu.be/QysDjkz4cOQ

B POSITIVE is a new comedy about a therapist and newly divorced dad (played by Thomas Middleditch of Silicon Valley fame) who finds a kidney donor in the mos...

08/03/2020

Jack has great news! Not only did he pass his yearly evaluation to stay on the wait list for a new kidney, he’s also half way down the list of the first page! Prayers Jack receives his new kidney soon!

07/16/2020

COVID-19 is having a devastating affect on the kidneys, and will leave us with an even larger kidney patient population than before. Permanent kidney damage may be the secret, debilitating legacy of this virus and demands public policy that will help to alleviate suffering.

Give help today: https://bit.ly/2WpXKpI

Despite research showing that early detection and intervention can slow or stop the progression of chronic kidney disease, the federal government spends almost nothing on kidney health initiatives. At the same time, Medicare spends more than $120 billion annually — 24% of its budget — on patients with kidney failure; our budget is allocated to address only the end, when it’s clear that money should also be spent on awareness and prevention. We’re working to change that, but we can’t do it alone.

The lives of many COVID-19 survivors will be forever changed by kidney disease, but you have the power to speak up on their behalf – to provide help where it’s so desperately needed. Give help today: https://bit.ly/2WpXKpI

06/19/2020

By Matthew Cooper, M.D., and Lara Tushla While COVID-19 has put many things on hold (school, work, travel and a multitude of life celebrations), it has not slowed down kidney disease. In fact, the rates of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) have increased dramatically and many of these AKI patients could dev...

04/13/2020

Coronavirus is spread mainly from person to person. Older adults and people with kidney disease or other severe chronic medical conditions seem to be at higher risk for more serious Coronavirus illness.

03/26/2020

https://www.kidney.org/coronavirus/transplant-coronavirus

Because transplant recipients take immunosuppressive drugs, they have a higher risk of infection from viruses such as cold or flu. To lower the chance of getting the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, transplant patients should follow the CDC’s guidance on how to avoid catching or spreading germs, ...

03/20/2020

Dialysis patients should NOT stop their treatments during the COVID-19 outbreak. To protect dialysis patients from the coronavirus, which causes the disease, COVID-19, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have given dialysis ce...

03/02/2020

The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is joining forces with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the American Society of Nephrology (ASN), and actor Wilmer Valderrama to reach the 1 in 3 American adults at risk for kidney disease. “Are You the 33%?” is nationwide public awaren...

02/14/2020

11/22/2019

What a great way to honor organ donors. 💚 https://www.blessinghealth.org/news/blessing-hospital-offers-honor-walk-organ-donor-families

From her personal pain, Kristen DeVine wants to bring some peace to families facing tragedy. Kristen is a registered nurse in Blessing Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit. Over four years in ICU, she has cared for families of patients who became organ donors. Kristen has seen how organ donation helps f...

11/03/2019

https://indymaven.com/nikki-reed-kidney-donation/ 💚

Nikki Reed and Hadley Green talk about the decision to make a living organ donation.