Alabama State Representative Anthony Daniels is opening up about a deeply personal and life-changing journey, one marked by sickness, sacrifice, and the unwavering strength of love.
Daniels, who serves as the House Minority Leader, revealed that he experienced a rapid decline in kidney function in recent years, a condition doctors believe may have been made worse by multiple COVID-19 infections.
“The labs came back showing my kidney function was around 14 to 15 percent; Then it dropped to 4%. There’s research out there about how COVID can expedite kidney disease and make it more aggressive. That’s what happened to me,” said Alabama State Representative Anthony Daniels, Democratic House Minority Leader.
The diagnosis meant major changes for Daniels, including the start of at-home dialysis. But through it all, one person never left his side: his wife, Dr. Teneshia Daniels…