![]() ![]() My brother had one ten years ago and his adoptive son was the donor,” Renee Queen said. “My mother had a kidney transplant in 1984 and her brother was the donor. ![]() Queen says that she has a family history of the disease, but never imagined it would hit her son before her. He has been on kidney dialysis since, working on stabilizing himself and was recently approved for transplantation. The kidney disease was initially misdiagnosed as gout and was treated with high doses of antibiotics, which caused the young man to develop cataracts, develop damage to his fingers in the form of joint calcification and amputation, and ultimately fractured vertebrae. From there, he was sent to King’s Daughters, where he learned he was in stage 5 kidney failure. A migraine that wouldn’t go away hit him next and the family went to Holzer Medical Center in Jackson. After a visit with the nurse practitioner and a review of blood work, it was determined there was something more going on. They took him to the hospital, thinking he had an ulcer. In September 2020, life changed forever for Renee Queen, when her son, Brody Queen, began throwing up blood. ![]()
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