In 2005, Deidra Hall founded what is now The Kidney Coaching Foundation, Inc (KCF).  Since she was a kidney transplant patient herself and had been since 1994, she saw a need to assist adolescence, between the ages of 12 and 21, with all stages of renal disease.  As an adult, she looked backed and realized that she did not have the support and people there to show her that life goes beyond her current situation – that was kidney failure.

At the KCF, it is our goal to do just this.  We aim to coach and inspire that life goes on and there is so much left to do.  It is ironic that in our goals, life can still be fragile.  In January of 2009, Deidra found out that her transplanted kidney started failing.  Throughout this year, she has seen the decline of her kidney function to the point where she finally had to start dialysis.

The beautiful thing about this time around is that she knows that life does not end and that from past experiences, she knows exactly what to do.  She will be getting a kidney transplant within the next couple of months, but this does not end the KCF.  In fact, this makes it stronger as the current turn of events refreshes the experiences of 15 years.

Life is learned by living it and experiences makes us stronger.  As a founder, we are proud to know that she can teach from her own lessons and that is something we cannot place a value can be placed.