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KOIN 5 | Amy Fraser


SHERWOOD, Ore. (KOIN) — For the past 10 years, Sarah Holtz has been teaching English as a second language to both high school and middle school students in Sherwood.

Every day she strives to be a good role model for her students.

“When you’re going through something harsh you don’t have to be down on yourself, that you can deal with it positively,” the 31-year-old Holtz told KOIN 6 News.

In September 2015, she found out she had Stage 5 kidney disease. She’s now in end-stage renal disease.

Together, her kidneys are working at just 5% functionality. She began dialysis in February 2016, and made a conscious decision on how so she could keep teaching.

She could have done hemodialysis, which would require her to be in a center for 3 or 4 days a week. That would keep her from teaching. Continue reading
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