![Strong, brave, selfless. These are just a few of the words Katie King used to describe her mother, Kay Lynn Welsh. After Kay passed away last year, Katie reached out to Merit Medical to express her gratitude for the hemodialysis care that gave her mother an additional 9 years of life with her family—something she never thought possible.](https://tdns.gtranslate.net/tdn-static2/images/edit.png)
Katie’s story began the day Kay started hemodialysis in 2008. “She struggled to get a vascular access,” Katie recalled. “She had a failed graft and a failed fistula, and we had no other options.”" data-gt-human-content="true">凯蒂的故事始于2008年凯开始进行血液透析的那一天。“她很难获得血管通路”,凯蒂回忆道。“她移植失败和瘘管失败了,我们别无选择。”
在此期间,一位外科医生推荐了值得英雄®移植物,这是一种血液透析通路移植物,专为凯等常规瘘管或移植物失败的患者而设计。“她需要HeRO这个产品,不然她不会和我们在一起的,”凯蒂说。“经历过几次进出医院的挣扎,一次又一次的手术,入路失败,她感觉情况不好之后,我们选用了英雄,它成功了。她终于得以又享受了九年的生活。”
凯蒂解释说,那九年对凯和她的家人来说意义重大且幸福。凯能够参加凯蒂和她丈夫的毕业典礼,并看到她成为一名透析护士。她看到了她的孙女出生,看到了她的孙子高中毕业,成为一名海军陆战队员,结婚并拥有自己的孩子,这让凯成为了曾祖母。
“形容她的词太多了”,凯蒂说。她让我成为了今天的我。没有她我们很难过,但也很感谢那九年。”
绩效对改善生活的承诺推动了产品的创新,帮助像凯这样的人活得更久,为他们和他们的家人带来希望。