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About Grandpa’s Road Trip
In 2007, Harvey Wells and his wife took their two grandsons on a two-week road trip in his conversion van with the NxStage System One, spanning 3,700 miles and 11 states. In the summer of 2008, Harvey expanded “Grandpa’s Road Trip” to a 51-day excursion covering more than 12,500 miles and 37 states. Along the way, Harvey dialyzed with a partner in his RV using the System One and visited 22 dialysis centers to speak to kidney patients about home hemodialysis. This year, “Grandpa’s Road Trip 2009: The Football Tour” begins on Sunday, September 13, 2009 in Cleveland. During the tour, Harvey – an avid football fan – will be also be attending games in Denver, Baltimore, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Detroit, Cincinnati, and Kansas City, and spending several days at local dialysis centers in each city meeting with kidney patients and educating them about home hemodialysis. “Grandpa’s Road Trip 2009” will run through January 3, 2010. “I’m excited to share my love of football with my grandsons and make stops at dialysis centers between games,” Wells said. “I am passionate about what this small, portable hemodialysis machine has done for me and the freedom it has given me and my family to travel together all over this country.” You can view more of Harvey’s story at the following sites:
Click here to view our policy regarding links to third party websites. Harvey receives a speaking engagement fee from NxStage for each RV tour dialysis center stop and reimbursement for travel expenses directly related to his dialysis center stops. Harvey covers all other expenses. This patient has given NxStage Medical Inc. permission to share his/her experience with daily home therapy on the NxStage System One. The experiences reported by this patient will not necessarily be experienced by you. All patients differ and their experiences will vary. 
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