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Saturday, February 11, 2012

Dickson City man waiting for a kidney

The Times-Tribune | Erin Nissley

At first, Chris Polk thought he was just taking a little longer than usual to get over a winter cold.

But long after his cough went away, the Dickson City man found himself dozing off on the couch after breakfast and napping after finishing a shift at hhgregg.

His skin faded from a healthy tan to an ashen gray. No amount of clothing could stop his constant shivering, and a dry, itchy rash spread down his legs.

By mid-March - three months after he began feeling sick - he began vomiting so often it was almost a waste of time to eat. When he started coughing up blood, he decided to make an appointment with a doctor.

"I thought, you know, 'I'm a healthy guy,' " he said. "I'm probably working too much and I need to get off my feet for a couple of days."

Read more: http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/dickson-city-man-waiting-for-a-kidney-1.1270780#ixzz1m9SC9kEg

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