In 2000, NECN shared the powerful story of John Kach, a Rhode Island college student who fought for his life after developing meningitis. He beat the deadly illness and grew to live his life as an adult, adjusting to new limitations. Now, he’s been dealt another setback — he needs a new kidney. “I just…I do what I have to…
In 2000, NECN shared the powerful story of John Kach, a Rhode Island college student who fought for his life after developing meningitis.Now, he's been dealt another setback — he needs a new kidney.Decades ago, a Rhode Island college student beat meningitis and adjusted to life under new limitations. Now, he's facing a new deadly fight.We first covered Kach in 2000, when he was a 19-year-old freshman and a star basketball player at Salve Regina University in Newport.
His story of survival spread around his college, and the world. He appeared on"Oprah" and even carried the Olympic torch before the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City. His story led him to advocate for vaccinations against meningococcal meningitis. Paige is by his side while he's on dialysis, once again in a battle for life. She said she told him once, as he lay in a hospital bed, if he wanted to go, she'd understand, but if he'd stay and fight, they would fight it together. And now they'll do it again."And I just– that's what I've held on to and what I continue to hold on to, that we can do this together," Paige said.
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