| Han Chu, Bill's mother, chats with friends and neighbors at the event. (Morgan Hughes/Amherst Wire) |
Bill Chu is a fourth-grader at Wildwood Elementary School in Amherst. In April, Bill was diagnosed with IgA nephropathy, a kidney disease that turns the kidney’s antibodies against themselves and inhibits normal function.
“It’s a disaster, but then we get support like this, and I get comfort,” Bill’s father, Tu Chu, said. “Now I don’t have to worry about anything else, just taking care of Bill.”
His illness has been rarely detectable even to friends and neighbors, but now Bill has become tired and worn down since recently starting dialysis, according to his mother, Han Chu. The family now goes back and forth to Boston Children’s Hospital three times a week.
“In the summer when we found out Bill was sick, we all just sat down and said, ‘what are we going to do?'” said Karen Harrington, a neighbor of the Chu’s and UMass employee. Continue reading
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