WEBVTT NOTE language:en-US NOTE Confidence: 0.9520359635353088 00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:03.566 I found out I had kidney failure when I was NOTE Confidence: 0.9520359635353088 00:00:03.626 --> 00:00:04.760 about 16 years old. NOTE Confidence: 0.9649410247802734 00:00:04.800 --> 00:00:06.840 I was, you know, in the middle of high school. NOTE Confidence: 0.7830032110214233 00:00:06.840 --> 00:00:09.295 It's not like a a manual on how to deal NOTE Confidence: 0.7830032110214233 00:00:09.358 --> 00:00:10.240 with dialysis. NOTE Confidence: 0.9020122289657593 00:00:10.240 --> 00:00:12.960 3 or 4 years ago, my last transplant failed. NOTE Confidence: 0.8939365148544312 00:00:13.160 --> 00:00:15.000 This would be the third transplant that failed. NOTE Confidence: 0.925868570804596 00:00:15.440 --> 00:00:18.199 You know, we all have hard times in life and NOTE Confidence: 0.925868570804596 00:00:18.262 --> 00:00:20.519 that was about my hard time in life. NOTE Confidence: 0.6152559518814087 00:00:20.600 --> 00:00:22.880 I was dealing with the third loss transplant. NOTE Confidence: 0.9091698527336121 00:00:23.280 --> 00:00:24.440 My name is Sylvia. NOTE Confidence: 0.7229999303817749 00:00:24.560 --> 00:00:25.640 I'm George's home. NOTE Confidence: 0.5516524314880371 00:00:25.640 --> 00:00:26.320 Hemo nurse. NOTE Confidence: 0.9196987748146057 00:00:26.400 --> 00:00:28.080 George is very considerate. NOTE Confidence: 0.968900740146637 00:00:28.160 --> 00:00:30.240 He's just a lovely person. NOTE Confidence: 0.9672027230262756 00:00:30.400 --> 00:00:33.832 I know he wanted to feel better, have a better NOTE Confidence: 0.9672027230262756 00:00:33.906 --> 00:00:34.279 life. NOTE Confidence: 0.9749594926834106 00:00:34.280 --> 00:00:35.760 He wanted to do more things. NOTE Confidence: 0.8339627981185913 00:00:35.880 --> 00:00:36.760 He's a young man. NOTE Confidence: 0.9453161358833313 00:00:36.880 --> 00:00:38.800 I met Sylvia about 8 years ago. NOTE Confidence: 0.8841599225997925 00:00:39.120 --> 00:00:41.869 She trained me for home dialysis and Sylvia inspires me NOTE Confidence: 0.8841599225997925 00:00:41.919 --> 00:00:44.119 because she's very compassionate about this. NOTE Confidence: 0.902701199054718 00:00:44.200 --> 00:00:48.410 My approach to building connections with my patients is taking NOTE Confidence: 0.902701199054718 00:00:48.478 --> 00:00:52.892 into consideration what their lifestyle is, what their goals are, NOTE Confidence: 0.902701199054718 00:00:52.960 --> 00:00:56.559 and trying to to help them manage that with dialysis. NOTE Confidence: 0.8681804537773132 00:00:56.640 --> 00:01:00.312 It was probably shortly after I got done with home NOTE Confidence: 0.8681804537773132 00:01:00.385 --> 00:01:04.498 hemodialysis training that I decided to that I wanted to NOTE Confidence: 0.8681804537773132 00:01:04.572 --> 00:01:05.160 be APCT. NOTE Confidence: 0.9096415042877197 00:01:05.160 --> 00:01:06.760 That's a patient care technician. NOTE Confidence: 0.8743796348571777 00:01:06.760 --> 00:01:08.364 I don't even want to call it work because it NOTE Confidence: 0.8743796348571777 00:01:08.401 --> 00:01:09.239 doesn't feel like work. NOTE Confidence: 0.8799753785133362 00:01:09.240 --> 00:01:11.949 I just want to say dialysis away from my house NOTE Confidence: 0.8799753785133362 00:01:12.008 --> 00:01:12.480 I guess. NOTE Confidence: 0.8237180709838867 00:01:13.120 --> 00:01:15.899 I love the fact that George has decided to come NOTE Confidence: 0.8237180709838867 00:01:15.958 --> 00:01:17.199 on board with DaVita. NOTE Confidence: 0.8926100730895996 00:01:17.240 --> 00:01:20.014 Being a home patient gives you the opportunity to really NOTE Confidence: 0.8926100730895996 00:01:20.064 --> 00:01:21.599 follow whatever you want to do. NOTE Confidence: 0.8442181944847107 00:01:21.600 --> 00:01:24.977 Sylvia definitely played a role in my decision to become NOTE Confidence: 0.8442181944847107 00:01:25.038 --> 00:01:25.400 a PCT. NOTE Confidence: 0.9031794667243958 00:01:25.400 --> 00:01:27.680 She's definitely my dialysis hero. NOTE Confidence: 0.8887697458267212 00:01:27.760 --> 00:01:30.066 I've had a lot of different help along the way NOTE Confidence: 0.8887697458267212 00:01:30.117 --> 00:01:32.825 from different people, nurses, PCTs, and I feel like I NOTE Confidence: 0.8887697458267212 00:01:32.875 --> 00:01:35.583 can take all that attainable knowledge and help and be NOTE Confidence: 0.8887697458267212 00:01:35.633 --> 00:01:37.840 compassionate just as much as I was treated. NOTE Confidence: 0.9434056282043457 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:40.205 It does me a lot of good to see George NOTE Confidence: 0.9434056282043457 00:01:40.263 --> 00:01:43.454 help other people because I know what he's gone through NOTE Confidence: 0.9434056282043457 00:01:43.512 --> 00:01:46.239 and I know it's important for him to give back. NOTE Confidence: 0.950751543045044 00:01:46.319 --> 00:01:48.697 And it warms my heart that he's able to do NOTE Confidence: 0.950751543045044 00:01:48.753 --> 00:01:51.923 it, that he's feeling good enough, he's strong enough to NOTE Confidence: 0.950751543045044 00:01:51.980 --> 00:01:52.320 do it. NOTE Confidence: 0.9681738615036011 00:01:53.160 --> 00:01:55.600 He is a champion for our patients to go home. NOTE Confidence: 0.9716350436210632 00:01:55.880 --> 00:01:59.032 He'll have that conversation about how doing home dialysis has NOTE Confidence: 0.9716350436210632 00:01:59.082 --> 00:02:01.319 given him the ability to have his life back. NOTE Confidence: 0.9602522850036621 00:02:01.320 --> 00:02:04.024 You can have a perfectly good life and still do NOTE Confidence: 0.9602522850036621 00:02:04.082 --> 00:02:04.600 dialysis. NOTE Confidence: 0.8531847596168518 00:02:04.640 --> 00:02:07.480 While I'm doing home dialysis, I feel unstoppable. NOTE Confidence: 0.8721636533737183 00:02:08.840 --> 00:02:11.764 I don't think that life gives you things that you NOTE Confidence: 0.8721636533737183 00:02:11.824 --> 00:02:12.600 can't handle. NOTE Confidence: 0.9007471203804016 00:02:12.600 --> 00:02:14.492 One of the main things of my life is just NOTE Confidence: 0.9007471203804016 00:02:14.538 --> 00:02:15.600 to keep moving forward.