The possibility of losing a limb because of a chronic diabetic foot wound is challenging enough. Now add the pressure of knowing you can’t undergo a lifesaving kidney transplant until the stubborn wound thoroughly heals.
To say that Patrick Bria, featured in our cover story, faced formidable medical challenges is an understatement. He is living with diabetes, peripheral artery disease, kidney disease and a chronic heel wound that, until recently, did not respond to conventional treatments.
