Jun 29, 2021
Former owner-operator Eddie Spearmon of Fayetteville, North Carolina, awaits a kidney transplant. He s shown here in a picture from the early part of this century provided by his daughter, Shakirah Spearmon.
What s in Eddie Spearmon s future? The former owner-operator turns 57 in early August, for one. If everything goes according to plan, he ll also soon be the recipient of a kidney transplant and begin recovery and a hoped-for return to the road, he told me this morning. After nearly six years away from OTR, he said, It’s in my heart, and I just want to get out there.
Spearmon, who s based in Fayetteville, North Carolina, was diagnosed with end-stage renal failure in 2015. His daughter Shakirah Spearmon said this has led to dialysis treatments that now occur in six-hour sessions three times a week. If he doesn’t go to the dialysis clinic, he gets really sick, she said. Her father s predicament has been compounded by repeated surgeries to remove his kidne
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