The Courage to Live: My Personal Journey with God, a Kidney Patient's Story

ISBN-10: 0971098832
ISBN-13: 9780971098831
Category: Kidneys
Language: English
Published: 2001
Publisher: Acorn Publishing (MI)
Author: Carmen Buelvas Critchlow

Description

Details the twenty-year physical and emotional battle Carmen Critchlow and her family have fought against Kidney Disease; Shares how in a powerful way this uninvited "battle" has been transformed into a spiritual journey with God; Describes in clear, understandable terms the implications of kidney failure and the reality of dialysis; Invites readers to reflect on what organ donation can mean to a recipient family; Tells the compelling untold story of thousands of families whose finances can be destroyed by a health crisis; Challenges us all to think again about our own faith, how we share in community, and how we respond to God's invitation of growth in our own lives. It is a memorable story about overcoming adversity with hefty doses of love, faith, community, humor and personal courage.

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