Dialysis



Robin Poole hooks her husband, Mike, up to a dialysis machine at their Penn Hills home on Friday morning, January 16, 2009. Poole, 39, has had end stage renal disease since 1997. He had a kidney transplant in 2001 but it didn't take. He's been awaiting another one ever since, but has not left his illness stop his life. He and his wife tote the dialysis machine wherever they go including camping trips throughout the summer.

Photograph by Justin Merriman  

3 comments:

Sean Donnelly Photo January 16, 2009 at 8:07 PM  

Hey Justin,

I like where this story could go, I think you should follow up with this family and really make it into an informative piece. I just left Alabama and am in Texas now. I finished that civil rights piece, take a look and let me know what you think.

Robin Poole April 20, 2010 at 9:23 PM  

In case you wanted to know..Mike got his kidney tranplant on March 7 2010. he is doing well and dialysis free!

Justin Merriman April 20, 2010 at 9:26 PM  

Robin...what great news. I'm so happy to hear that! Send my best to Mike.

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Justin Merriman, an award-winning photojournalist with the Tribune-Review, has spent more than a decade traveling the world to cover politics, wars, natural disasters and civil unrest. His work has appeared in leading national and international publications and he has received numerous top journalism awards. After covering the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks – including the crash of United Flight 93 in Shanksville – Merriman committed to chronicling the U.S. military and its War on Terror. He has followed this story across the US and into the war zones of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq. He also has covered life in Fidel Castro’s Cuba in 2002, India’s efforts to eradicate polio, the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, and most recently, Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Cuba in 2012. In 2011, Merriman was honored with the top photography award from the Military Reporters and Editors Assoc. for his work in Iraq & Haiti. Merriman graduated from the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg in 2000 with a degree in English Writing. In 2009, the university awarded him its prestigious Alumnus of Distinction award. Merriman lives in Oakmont with his fiancé, Stephanie Strasburg.

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