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13-year-old B.C. boy on dialysis looking for kidney donor

Madden Wicker-Vriend has plethora of health issues, but this ‘crisis’ came as a surprise, says mom
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Thirteen-year-old Madden Wicker-Vriend, seen here with his parents Eryn and Jesse on May 27, is on dialysis at home in Chilliwack and is looking for a living kidney donor. He’s holding his catheter and behind him is his dialysis machine. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

A 13-year-old Chilliwack boy recently diagnosed with chronic kidney disease is looking for a donor.

Madden Wicker-Vriend has a “whole plethora” of health problems, most since birth, said mom Eryn Wicker-Vriend.

But despite all of his issues, they had never experienced a medical “crisis” until his kidney failure, she said.

“The kidney issues are the ones that caught us the most off guard, or the most by surprise, because it was never even on the radar before.”

He

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Jenna Hauck

About the Author: Jenna Hauck

I started my career at The Chilliwack Progress in 2000 as a photojournalist.
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