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Enumclaw High School Water Polo Coach Bob Averill is
scheduled to receive a kidney transplant on Friday, August 8, at Virginia Mason
Medical Center in Seattle, WA.
Averill suffers from End Stage Renal Disease, and has been on dialysis since
July, 2010. Averill’s sister, Sue,
is donating one of her kidneys.
There are currently 100,602 people waiting for kidney
transplants in the U.S. Last year 14,029 kidney transplants took place in the
U.S.; 3,381 patients died while waiting for a transplant. On average, nearly 2,500 new patients
are added to the kidney waiting list each month, and 420 people die each month waiting
for a kidney transplant.
Averill has been co-head coach, with Ken DeMan, of the EHS
Girls Water Polo Team since 2005, and has coached the boys program since
2009. He hopes to be on deck when
the boys season starts on August 25.
Enumclaw High School will host their first annual alumni water polo game on Friday, July 25 at the Enumclaw Pool. Current and former players from the EHS boys and girls water polo teams are welcome. Games will be arranged based on attendance; warm up will be at 8:00 p.m., game time 8:30. For more information, contact Bob Averill @ bobaverill@earthlink.net.
