Selwyn Times: August 05, 2020

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Maddie recovering
after removal of second transplanted kidney
• By Devon Bolger
WEST MELTON teenager
Maddie Collins has had her
second transplanted kidney
removed after her body rejected
it.
The 16-year-old is now reliant
on dialysis to keep her alive.
She has
been battling
the
kidney
disease,
nephrotic
syndrome
for several
years.
Sarah
Manson-Collins
Maddie’s
mother,
Sarah
Manson-Collins, said the kidney,
which was transplanted in
2018, was removed on July 28
following a steady decline in its
function.
“She has really improved with
the kidney gone, we don’t have
any temperatures anymore.
We just have the pain from the
surgery. I think it was the best
decision,” she said.
Manson-Collins said Maddie
now has to continue with fivehour
hemodialysis sessions three
times a week for the next month.
“We can’t use her peritoneal
dialysis tube for another month
because shes had surgery.
“It is a better treatment
because she can just hook
herself up overnight and
sleep while it’s happening and
disconnect herself from it in the
morning.”
The best way forward for
Maddie now is to have a period
of stability on overnight dialysis
before the search for another
transplant begins again, she said.
comedy night
REJECTION:
Maddie
Collins has
lost her
second
transplanted
kidney.
(Left) – Sister
Georgia
visits
Maddie in
hospital.
“This will allow her to regain
some life and wellness. She has
made the NZ dressage youth
camp as a mounted rider in
September so that’s a goal for her
to work towards.”
Although it will be difficult to
find another kidney match for
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Maddie, the family still has
hope.
“We have a new paired exchange
programme between
New Zealand and Australia
now. There is starting to be more
awareness around people being
donors so as long as we can keep
pushing that message then we
have hope.”
Maddie received what was
termed a ‘miracle’ second kidney
transplant in 2018 after being
told there was only a two per
cent chance of finding a match in
New Zealand.
The first was donated six years
ago by her father Adam but her
body rejected it as well.
There have been a series of
ups and downs since the transplant.
In December last year the
declining function of the kidney
became clear through blood tests
showing high creatinine levels.
The family didn’t expect to be
able to find the second kidney
match and were planning a trip
to The John Hopkins Hospital in
Baltimore, United States, to find
one when they were notified an
organ had been found.
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