(light breeze blowing) (gentle music)
-: I think a man supposed to provide for his family,
man don't work, man don't eat.
I love to fish, just been on the water,
there's nothin' like it to me.
I was at work one day and I got ready to get up
and I stumbled.
I got up and I fell again.
So I said, I better go to the hospital.
That's when it all started with my kidneys.
Cherie: You hear chronic kidney disease
and you automatically think dialysis.
Dialysis has a time limit.
It's not something that's meant to be forever.
The option is a transplant or dialysis.
-: Scared, didn't know what to expect.
Needles.
I just, I knew I didn't want to do it.
I think I was worried about my job,
not being at work, not being a provider.
I didn't know what to expect.
-: I received my members through the dashboard.
These are assigned to me by predictive models,
looking for clinical risk factors.
In James's case, our analytics picked up the diagnosis
for in-stage renal disease.
James: They brought all the equipment into the house.
I was, I was at work.
-: He picked up the phone and he goes,
I have to start dialysis.
And I was like, what?
My clinical training led me to suspect
that his new medication,
possibly played a role in the decline.
I recommended to James that there was a different lab test
that could be ordered,
that would give a clearer picture of his kidney function.
And so when he had the second lab test drawn,
it truly reflected what his kidney function was doing,
which was still holding strong and steady.
-: She saved me actually.
From going to dialysis.
Cherie: And so you're working towards
trying to secure a transplant,
trying to find a donor as the clock is ticking down.
-: It was only when Richard called me,
told me that she was a match, everything went great,
Rachel was great, it was just an awesome feeling.
I was sick, I was really sick.
So if it weren't for Cherie
probably would have been in hospital.
Or I here.
I like that she cares, you know,
she shows me that she cares.
Every day, is a sunny day for me.
When I'm on a water and the sun coming up
and I got a second chance at life.
I said, thank you, and I just appreciate it.
It's just beautiful.
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