Three days a week, Ed Parda travels three hours roundtrip from his home in Piscataquis County to a dialysis clinic in Skowhegan for treatment that he needs to stay alive.
Three days a week, Ed Parda travels three hours roundtrip from his home in Piscataquis County to a dialysis clinic in Skowhegan for treatment that he needs to stay alive.
Parda, 82, has end-stage kidney disease, meaning his kidneys are damaged and do not filter waste and extra fluid from his blood as well as they should.