Australia all-rounder Cameron Green revealed that he has been suffering from a long-time kidney disease.
My parents got told when I was born that I had chronic kidney disease, basically, there are no symptoms. It just got picked up from the ultrasound,” said Green in an interview with 7Cricket.
“Chronic kidney disease is a progressive disease of your kidney’s health function, and unfortunately, mine doesn’t filter the blood as well as other kidneys. They are about 60 per cent of the moment, which is stage two time, he said.
His mother, Bee Tracey said, “I was at a 19-week scan. They picked up that he had a thick thickening of the bladder and said it was a urethral valve blockage that the urine just back flows to the kidneys and they wouldn’t develop properly. So it was quite a shock.”
Green’s father Gary Green further revealed, “It was unchartered territory as such. The prognosis wasn’t great and there were life expectancy issues that you might not expect to live past 12 years of age.”
“I just felt it was the right time. With the profile I have at the moment if I can help even one person or bring awareness to it, it’s worthwhile”, said Green before the first Test against Pakistan.
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