Moss Vale mother-of-four Kylie Smith was feeding her four-week-old daughter at home when she noticed her baby was going “blue in the face”. She rushed her to the hospital, where little Laurah-Rose Geenen was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease and hypertension — a condition which, at the time, Smith had no idea about, nor what it would mean for their lives. “They never picked it up when I was pregnant, with any ultrasounds or any of the tests, so I was shocked,” Smith told 7NEWS.com.au.
” The physical and financial strain have begun to create other problems, with Smith saying: “The mental health side of it is taking over now.” Transport support for regional patients Even though Smith is Geenen’s carer, her daughter is no longer a minor and her medical care teams will at times liaise directly with her — and some of the information slips through the cracks. When 7NEWS.com.