HAYSVILLE, Kan. (KSNW) – A former EMT and EMS lieutenant is hoping the power of social media will help save his life.
“It’s kind of hard to ask for something like that. It’s a big ask,” said Shawn Lamm.
Lamm, 45, was diagnosed with chronic renal failure several years ago. However, it wasn’t until late 2018 when things took a turn for the worst.
“I hadn’t realized it had gotten to where it was. I kept gaining weight, kept gaining more weight. I didn’t realize it was fluid weight,” Lamm explained. “They end up pulling 40 pounds of fluid off me that week I was in the hospital. I was going into congestive heart failure and stuff like that, so that’s when I figured out it was end-stage and my kidneys weren’t working anymore.”
Lamm was forced to medically retire from Mulvane EMS in January of 2019, ending a 22-year career.
“I wasn’t ready to give it up yet, but I didn’t really have a choice in the matter,” he said.
It was around his medical retirement, Lamm started going to dialysis for about four hours, three times a week
“They told me when I first started it would be like running a marathon and that’s what it feels like when you are done. You are just completely wiped out and exhausted,” Lamm explained.
The father of five said the exhaustion has hit an all-time high. He said trying to keep up with his children, who range from 2 years old to a high school student, is becoming more and more difficult. It’s one of the main reasons why he recently asked for a kidney on social...
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