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A Life on Hold No Longer

Celeste Johnson tosses colored powder on participants in Sunday's 5K Color Run, Ellis.
Celeste Johnson tosses colored powder on participants during  Sunday’s 5K Color Run in Ellis.

Longtime Ellis resident Celeste Johnson needs a kidney transplant.

After battling the autoimmune disorder lupus for years, Johnson entered end-stage renal failure in 2008.  She’s been undergoing dialysis in Hays 30 hours a week for five years.

Johnson is a single mom of two young teenage girls and has been very active in the Ellis community.  She’s a former teacher, and helped develop the Alliance Foundation and Growing Ellis Parks.

A special fundraiser weekend filled with activities in Ellis will help pay for Johnson’s medical costs.  Sunday’s events included the first ever 5-K Color Run in western Kansas.

Johnson says her life has been on hold the past five years as she awaits a kidney.  Finally, she’s nearly there:

She will have more tests performed this week at the University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City, and undergo a heart catherization July 17th.

“Then, they tell me, it should be two to three weeks until I get my new kidney from my brother,” says Johnson.

Watch the story tonight on Hays Post News, Eagle Community TV Channel 14.

 

 

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