Raising Polliwog the Kidney

10/07/2025

I’ve just celebrated Polliwog’s and my 6th birthday. What a fantastic year it’s been. Here’s to many more years of loving to live hard.

10/04/2025

Polliwog celebrated 6 years this past Monday and I decided to do a photoshoot honoring her and the journey that I’ve been through with until this point.

Here I am writing out the dates of surgeries on medical tape to mark various abdominal scars.

09/25/2025

I’m coming up on 6…SIX…years with Polliwog next Monday. I no longer take as many meds as I once did but three are a constant and will be forever. A small price to keep Polliwog thriving!

09/16/2025

Sometimes you just need a boba tea to make it through the afternoon.

04/17/2025

Check out the newest written highlight on myself and in the

I’ve also just completed my second year as a private chef during the held annually right here in

09/29/2024

Today marks five years kidney-strong. Polliwog is doing well, like Rock Star well!

09/21/2024

08/16/2024

Deja vu moment activated. I found a bag while cleaning today. I used to use “The Dictator” for most cycles but sometimes while traveling or for ease of my day I’d do manual exchanges. I almost preferred manuals over the machine.

It’s been almost exactly 5yrs since my last cycle 9/28/19 before my transplant on 9/29/19