Daddy's First post

Dad's here and trying to blog with no help...I'm in trouble.
Well here we are, you never know what life's going to hand you along the way, this one sure threw us for a loop. If anyone would have told me as our Angel was trying her heart out to play hockey in the Christmas Hospice tournament, and that she was in total renal kidney failure, we never in a million years could've guessed. Breanna has this gift of never complain, just do it attitude. She went out for warmups and did her thing to prepare for battle. When the game was about to start she asked the coach, "Coach can I miss the first shift", swallowing her spirit with every last bit of energy she had. To play in the games she did, she looked to us like she should, a bit slower due to the cold she had had for a couple of weeks. I said to a fellow parent, she does have a cold, but something else was really wrong. With her head slumpped over after many shifts, in behind the bench, she'd suck it up and miss a few shifts then back out for 1/2 of a shift. She only missed one game in the tournament. Before the Championship game I asked the coach to just give her minimal ice time, he agreed, she did it, finished the tourney, the team lost 4-3, but our Angel had won. Likely now to be her last game for a very long time.
Mom took our Angel back to their home and noticed a rash, little paler than usual and after a menial task of PennySaver delivery felt weak, got sick, then to the clinic they went. Dr. Andary was suspicious and ordered the blood work. Too pale, rash, weakness, flue like symptoms, back pain, signs of big trouble. Total renal kidney failure it was, confirmed at the Hotel Dieu emergency, then book the room at Victoria Children's hospital for the month. Dr. Angela Novena said to us,"pack for 3 or so weeks", your daughter is in need of immediate attention. The scope of this just hit us, we had an Angel in distress. Breanna through this whole event only complained about the lock in her arm for fluids, etc.
Now we come to the Victoris Children's hospital when Dr. Filler, Pediatric Nephrologist, explained our Angel had likely the chronic case of failing kidneys and would need a transplant, which is where we are. Many tests later and it was confirmed end stage kidney failure.
Only 6 days ago, at my home, and now our Angel is in the best care in London. The outpouring of support from everyone has overwhelmed me and our family, I can not put into words how humble I feel. Thank you everyone...Next blog to be shorter for sure...well maybe, shutting me down is tough also, Mark Van W