When Danielle Horton fainted in her kitchen at age 21, she thought it was due to a bout of flu. In truth, her life hung in the balance – not because of a virus but because her kidneys were failing. “I had no idea my kidney function was at five per cent,” says Danielle. “I just thought I hadn’t been able to shake being sick because I was working three jobs and playing sport, and was pretty sure anyone would be tired on my schedule. It’s amazing what your body can deal with without you really realising how sick you are.”
That is particularly true of kidney disease, something two million Australians are dealing with – what is most disturbing is that 90 per cent of that two million are unaware anything is wrong. “We are born with two kidneys so we have a lot of kidney reserve and it’s not until a
