An idea here and there
May 16, 2010A possible idea i have at the moment, and the one i am mostly going with is the story of 4 year old Emmanuel and his road to recovery after a kidney transplant.
Emmanuel is the youngest child in a family of eight, and the baby brother of my best friend, Joanna. When he was younger, he was always small for his age, we just thought he’ll grow into his skin. But it wasn’t until mid last year that we found out something was truly wrong, that in fact, this little baby boy had a failing kidney and would need a transplant.
Emmi was on the waiting list for a donor for a while, but it got to the point where he just couldnt wait any longer. Daily dialysis and needles poking out of his skin was too much for this kid to handle, and something needed to be done, so we looked to the family.
Unfortunately, surgeons would not accept donations from his sisters, and both brothers had different blood types. It was Mum who saved Emmi’s life, just like it was Mum who brought him into this world.
It has been a few weeks since Emmanuel was released from hospital and is recovering well at home. My feature story will pick up from this point and document the hardships, blood, sweat and tears that it has taken to get to this point.
I will tell this story in a ‘flashback’ structure, starting from the present, and going back into time leading up to now.
Prospective interviewees will be the mother and the physical/emotional pain she went through seeing one of her children suffer, Joanna and the toll it took on the rest of the family members, health practitioners, possibly a childrens doctor and ask them the stats on young childrens with diseases like this, and maybe even Emmanuel himself
