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KIDNEY FAILURE EACH YEAR AND NEED DIALYSIS OR KIDNEY TRANSPLANT TO SURVIVE. ONE LOCAL MAN IS BEING RECOGNIZED BY THE NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION - FOR HIS EFFORTS TO CREATE DIETS AND COOKING VIDEOS FOR PATIENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ERIKETA COST HAS THIS STORY "" ---TAKE PKG--- (VO) JOHN VITO USED TO WORK AS A CHEF, AND OWNED RESTAURANTS IN ROCHESTER FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS HIS LIFE TOOK A TURN, OUT OF NOWHERE -- WHEN HE FOUND OUT HE HAD KIDNEY FAILURE (SOT) 22.40.29.00 - 39.00 "Run down being run down couldn't go long without needing a nap" WIPE SOT 22.39.49.02 - 59.19 " Went to doc who sent me to hospital and I spent 30 days and when I returned i was on permanent dialysis" DIALYSIS FORCED HIIM TO FOCUS ALL HIS ATTENTION ON HIS HEALTH - LEAVING HIM TO CLOSE HIS RESTAURANTS HE NEEDED TOP FIND A CREATIVE WAY TO FUEL HIS PASSION FOR COOKING (SOT) 22.42.35.07 - 22.42.48.17 "theres a great deal of info from renal dieticians but not a lot of ways to transfer to the plate..i thought I could do that .
Started as helping myself AND THEN HE STARTED HELPING OTHERS - WITH VIDEOS AND EVEN A BOOK (SOT) 22.44.53.07 - 58.19 "I have written a book both describing the disease and the process" STAND-UP "when COVID-19 hit john had to communicate with his community over a screen" VITO HAS MISSED THAT IN-PERSON COMMUNICATION, BUT PLANS ON GROWING HIS OUTREACH WITH MORE VIDEOS (SOT) "What I hope to happen is to create larger platform and more of the cooking shows ive created over the last few years" AND NOW, HIS WORK IS BEING RECOGNIZED VITO RECENTLY WON A COMPETITION HOSTED BY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION - THAT ASKED EVERYDAY AMERICANS HOW THEY CAN IMPROVE THEIR CARE (SOT) NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION PRESIDENT 00.06.39.16 "it was not just menu planning but also videos showing people how to cook their meals" VITO SAYS IT'S BEEN STRESS RELIEVING TO HELP OTHERS - ESPECIALLY IN THIS TIME (SOT) 22.51.36.16 - 44.29 Being able to help helps me and it helps to know I could possibly be of assistance to others IN ROCHESTER ERIKETA COST NEWS 8 ERIKETA THANK YOU.
VITO APPLIED FOR THE COMPETITION JUST LAST JULY AND GOT RECOGNIZED THIS MARCH. HE IS AMONG SEVERAL OTHER WINNERS IN THE COUNTRY. ERIKETA THANK YOU - COMING UP NEXT IN OUR HEALTH WATCH -.
