Positive outlook helps Martin family through kidney illness and transplant
Dean Martin, who lost both kidneys to IgA nephropathy in 1982, has lived on dialysis since 1984 and awaits a possible second transplant as his brother sister and wife Wendy test as live donors. Despite 14 years on dialysis, he remains hopeful, maintains a strict diet and daily peritoneal dialysis routine, and credits optimism and prayer for strength.