Click here to support Irvin’s Transplant Fund by Ollin Irvin
Click here to support Irvin’s Transplant Fund by Ollin Irvin
My name is Irvin Xochitla and I am a 22-year-old suffering from renal failure, also known as kidney failure. I was diagnosed with the illness at the age of 13, and I have been undergoing a treatment called peritoneal dialysis since June 2, 2005.
This treatment requires me to be hooked up to a machine every night for nine hours. It does the work that my kidneys are supposed to do and it is the reason that I am still alive. I had been living in Atlanta, Georgia since I was only 8 months old, but at the age of 18 there were complications. In 2010, I became ineligible to continue my treatment under the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston Hospital. This was following my 18th birthday, and I was unable to continue with my monthly check-ups because I was no longer insured.
Provided that I am undocumented, I had a hard time being able to pay for the treatment and my family could not afford to help me cover the costs…Getting sick is a constant concern and I have had to be admitted to the hospital on several occasions. This forced me to leave my home and family back in Atlanta to come to California to seek dialysis treatment.
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As many of you may or may not know, access to healthcare is so limited for Undocumented folks, it’s close to nothing! Irvin is a wonderful young undocumented man that is raising funds to help put a deposit for his transplant. Since he does not have status all of these costs have to come out of pocket!
Please consider donating or sharing this link. Seriously everything and anything helps!
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