Alexis MacKay-Dunn
A Vancouver mother of two is searching for an organ donor after going into acute kidney failure on Christmas Eve.
Interior designer Alexis MacKay-Dunn was first diagnosed with IgA Nephropathy, a chronic kidney disease, in 2018 while pregnant with her first child.
“My kidneys were discovered to be silently deteriorating and scarring themselves for some undetermined time without me displaying any symptoms,” she said.
Despite the diagnosis, her kidneys performed well throughout her first pregnancy. In early 2020, MacKay-Dunn was given a small window to have another child before her disease progressed further.
A difficult part of the condition, she said, is that there is no clear timeline for how long it will take the kidneys to decline.