Brandy Goodwin:  

Life A life bio? Wow, okay, let's give this a try. Since graduating high school in 1990, I have stayed in contact with my best friend Michelle Michaelis and sadly, only a few others. I went to DeAnza Community College for about a year and then had to drop out to my brother becoming ill. I went back a for 2 more quarters then I had to drop out for being ill myself. My brother and I both went through kidney failure at the age of 19/20, but about a year and a half apart. My brother was on dialysis for a year and a half until our mom donated a kidney to him in 7/91. Shortly thereafter, just as his health was returning, I started getting sick myself. I think I dropped out of college at the very end of '91 and was diagnosed with kidney failure at the end of Dec. 91. I started dialysis and did that for 4 months until our Dad donated a kidney to me. Needless to say, my brother and I went through numerous health issues and dealing with expensive transplant medications and insurance issues. My brother's kidney ultimately rejected in '99 and he began dialysis again. He did that until his passing in March 2001. It was devastating, as he and I had grown to be so close and like twins. My 1st transplant rejected in at the end of Dec. 2003, so back to dialysis I went in Jan. 2004. From then until May 2007 I went through numerous hospitalizations, surgeries, procedures, etc. I can tell ...Expand for more