| I'm having a blast at my internship, since I get to look through dozens of cool lenses everyday. I like typing in different keywords, from "anime" to "Harry Potter", and get amazed at how much expertise is out there for the benefiting from. Today, however, I was looking for something different. My grandfather is in the hospital, and we were celebrating the fact that notwithstanding renal failure, he's been going strong on home dialysis (CAPD) for almost 10 years. With that on my mind, my Squidoo browsing was a little different, and once again, I was proud of just how much of a resource, and a lifeline, the internet and Squidoo can be... Joshua Felix: http://www.squidoo.com/joshua_felix_seitler/ and http://www.squidoo.com/alport_syndrome/. Joshua Felix is a baby boy who's a carrier for Alport Syndrome (a hereditary kidney disease). His dad, Travis, is using Squidoo to track both his son's life (with the cutest baby pictures!) and Alport Syndrome so he can "keep track of everything I can find out about the disease" and hopefully you can too. Travis' lenses are also part of the Kidney Dialysis Support Group, a group "for patients on kidney dialysis who need support and want to give support. For family and friends of kidney dialysis patients who need support and would like to give support to others as well." |
The group is still fledgling, but already contains extremlely useful lenses like this one, which is very informative and links to a wide variety of resources for kidney patients. Going a little bit beyond dialysis, searching for "kidney disease" on Squidoo brings back 95 lenses.
I hope to see even more informative lenses on this topic, which is a very niche one, I know. But that's the beauty of Squidoo - depending on your intention, you can reach millions of people or you can reach just 5 people - 5 people for whom your lens is a blessing, not just a diversion.
