This Father Became His Daughter’s Hero By Saving Her Life In The Most Heartfelt Way

Stabilizing

Taking medication to treat her high blood pressure helped stabilize Samantha’s kidney function for a little while. It allowed her to go on her honeymoon to Australia and lead a relatively normal life. Despite all of that, the fear of kidney failure was constantly at the back of her mind.

Stabilizing

Australian Honeymoon

Samantha and her husband, Justin, were able to enjoy their honeymoon in Australia before the transplant happened. But, in May, Samantha’s kidneys started to decline rapidly. Her consultant put her on a grueling regime of corticosteroids to ease the inflammation. All the same, she suffered badly with all the side effects. She had trouble sleeping, she gained weight, had terrible mood swings, and developed the dreaded moon-face.

Australian Honeymoon