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Recalma is recovering from a kidney transplant in February, with a donation from Qualicum Beach Coun. Scott Harrison. On Saturday afternoon, Recalma attended his first official function since the operation, the Freedom of the Town event in Qualicum Beach.
Friends, town officials and veterans came over to greet Recalma and welcomed him back. He was all smiles and was keen to relate how he is feeling.
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Recalma will continue to have more medical follow-ups in Vancouver and will travel back and forth until he is fully healed.
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Recalma stressed he is extremely grateful for HarrisonB次元官网网址檚 gift to him.
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Recalma is not one to just sit idly while he recovers. He has been made fully aware by the health and medical staff that helped him that walking would be good for him and to always keep the kidney hydrated.
One of the things that Recalma is happy to get rid of is his dialysis machine. He said they absorbed most of his time as he had treatment three times a day.
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Harrison is happy to see Recalma recovering and back to work.
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