“The wedding ceremony and climate was stunning,” Lakisha Moore smiles. Unknown to the diabetic dialysis warrior, it might be life altering and virtually life ending.
When the Paris native boarded a airplane for Jamaica in October she had deliberate to be house safely earlier than Hurricane Melissa hit. And, she had made preparations for emergencies, as a result of her care workforce at Fresnius Kidney Care had suggested her to.
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