Thursday, January 20, 2011

Practice Post

My first post.
Hello my name is Rachael Hurtz. i am 24 years old and am a elementary education student. I have lived in California most of my life and plan on moving back sooner or later to be with my family. I have a three year old son named ashton and i have been engaged to Joshua Scott for three years as well. I love photography and have been doing it since i was a child.
The most interesting thing about me is that i have had crohns disease since i was 11 years old and was put on a drug called Asacol which failed my kidneys. Since then i have had two kidney transplants and am currently on a few waiting lists waiting for a 3rd. while i wait for the third kidney I have to do dialysis to stay alive. Dialysis for most of you who do not know of it, is a machine that filters your blood and removing waste products for many hours at a time acting as your kidneys. I finally now do this at home 4-5 times a week for about 3-4 hours each time. I have had multiple surgery's just so I can do this to stay alive and now I stick myself with two very large needles every treament which i am now getting used to. I should be in the nursing field I know but I have been in hospitals most of my life and I would like a change of scene. Also with my health condition and family life the education field just seems like the best choice for me.