An Indomitable Spirit: Story of a 25-Year-Old Who Defeated COVID-19 Despite an End-Stage Renal Failure and Underwent a Successful Kidney Transplantation
The 25-year-old was suffering from end-stage renal failure, has developed multiple health complications and was under going dialysis for last one year. In July he tested positive for COVID-19. Despite a worsening kidney condition, he fought and won over the coronavirus. Despite all odds, he underwent a successful kidney transplantation surgery in September.
New Delhi, November 11: Ever since the COVID-19 outbreak, people all over the world have been struggling to keep-up-physically, mentally and emotionally -amid this long-bewildering fight against the virus. Not only has it completely changed the way of life, in present times, the effects are likely to be chronicled for years to come. Despite all the lost lives and hopes, stories of undying courage of COVID-19 patients, their fight and their recoveries, not only re-lights the dim ray of faith to its full brightness. One such story is of a driver from Tumkur, not only he defeated COVID-19 but also has a successful kidney transplantation during this outbreak, and is now living a health and happy life.
The 25-year-old was suffering from end-stage renal failure, has developed multiple health complications and was under going dialysis for last one year. " I was under going dialysis in Tumkur three times a week and I couldn't immediately resume work after each session as I was feeling tired most of the time," he recalls. After waiting for eight months, his kidney transplantation surgery was finally scheduled in February, 2020. However, owing to the lockdown and restrictions, the surgery was postponed. Women Entrepreneurs in COVID-19: Stories of Women Who Rose Through the Pandemic With Their Entrepreneurial Aptitude.
He said that he is "doing well and able to do my day-to-day work." Among all the uncertainties, amid a pandemic and an end-stage renal failure, this 25-year-old young driver from Tumkur showed the world how to dodge all the complexities with faith and determination and come out of the every battle victorious without losing hope.
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