A group of people on a mission to
bring awareness to polycystic disease
is running, not walking for A cause,
and I have the chance to learn more
about how they're supporting the San
Antonio community. Let's take a look.
Today we are outside of the beautiful
Denman Park, and I'm really happy to
be speaking to a crew who can tell
us a little bit more about PKD and
how they're raising awareness through
an amazing event that can give back.
Thank you so much for joining us,
Miss Patty. That's
correct. Hi, thank you so much for having
us on Kindle five is like our family.
You're one of our sponsors.
Anyway, our San Antonio walk for
PKD is going to be happening.
We're reuniting again on September the
10th at OP Schnabel Graph pavilion.
And it's going to be a fun filled.
Morning, 7:30 AM, registration penny
Kids dash visits from mascots, etcetera.
It's going to be a fun family event.
Bring your children out.
PKD has a personal connection to me.
I'll stay real quickly that I've
lost five family members 2 PKD,
including my father and sister before
54 after two years on dialysis,
I was given the new lease of life of a
kidney from a coworker while working at UT,
and so when I retired in 2009,
I knew it was my turn to raise
awareness for PKD and organ donor
awareness. And so you have that personal
connection. How important
is it to you to be a part
of putting on this event,
to touch people's lives in this way?
I really feel it's my job to do this
because it's the best check paycheck ever.
I've received the volunteers, the walks,
totally driven by the by our volunteers.
And 100% of the money raised at the
event goes for continued research for
PKD medication to come out of it.
But the most thing is touching people.
And here to tell us a little bit more
about what PKD is as Doctor Syad.
And so tell me a little bit.
People who may be watching out
there right now and aren't familiar,
what is P Kitty? So
polycystic kidney disease causes fluid
filled cysts to grow in the kidneys,
eventually leading to kidney failure.
Normal kidney sizes of a human fist.
PKD kidneys can grow because of the cysts.
As big as a football and
we can up to 30 pounds.
PKD is a painful disease,
can result into difficulty in
daily activities most of the time.
Family members are called upon
to take care of the patients
and even donate kidneys.
Well, I ended up going on dialysis in
2004 and I was on dialysis for almost 13
years and I received a transplant in 2017.
And I'm almost five years
out now from my transplant.
And just my job now is basically
to bring awareness for HEB,
I mean for PKD, and to let people
know that in the African American.
Community. In the Latino community,
there are some disparities where we're
working on trying to flatten those
lines out where we're not so adversely
affected by PKD.
Like the doctor was saying,
the problems are going to be there,
but we need to let the doctors know
what we need to do to help this,
these communities get better, you
know, in touch.
We have a hope board that shows the
donors that have given us the life
that continues this legacy at the walk.
It's going to be a fun filled event.
Children's activities, Penny Kids,
Dash, PKD, they have a quick
run around and lots of fun.
And then we have amazing sponsors.
A lot of our sponsors, physicians
are going to be out there like Doctor Saeed.
We're going to be out there for
individuals that have PKD to help
with questionings and stuff like
that to show their love and support.
HB is going to do blood pressure screening,
which is sometimes the
very first sign of PKD.
So it's instrumental in getting that early
awareness that helps the community too.
We have we're having ultimate
gift of life transplant.
Children's Texas Kidney Foundation
and so it's all good, but anyway,
it's walk for pkd.org back slash San Antonio,
and if you raise $100 more,
not only do you get a T-shirt like ours,
but you get a chance to win a signed
Mia Hamm jersey and other fun things
as we raise awareness for PKD and
ensure a cures our finish line.
And I know whoever attends this event,
we'll see some familiar faces
from our station. I'm so happy
we're supporting this initiative.
So this is the San Antonio walk for PKD.
If you want more information on this,
it's happening Saturday,
September 10th, and you can register
at 9 at 7:30 in the morning.
The walk begins at 9:15.
For more information,
walk for pkd.org/sanantonio
is where you can go.