kidney disease

  • All Those Stars

    All Those Stars

    Twenty-one years ago my mother stopped her dialysis treatments before they’d barely begun, a decision that prematurely ended her life.

  • The Sunday Rumpus Essay: Pressing On

    The Sunday Rumpus Essay: Pressing On

    The love story of June Carter Cash and her husband Johnny inspired another young family, keeping them close and providing the soundtrack to their lives in dark times. Decades later, Jennifer Nix looks back on the kidney disease and estrangement…