While many 14 year olds are out playing baseball or riding four-wheelers with their friends, Mooresville, NC teenager Raine Angelley stays home resting, the headaches too great to enjoy a normal teen life. The pain is not from any normal headache but rather, caused by the multiple daily medications he must take to aid him in his fight against polycystic kidney disease. PKD is a disorder that causes the formation of cysts in the kidneys. Raines was born with the disorder and his kidney function is now below 20%. Lester Buildings and McGill Motorsports will run Raine’s picture on the #36 car next weekend along with the phone number to make a donation to the Raine Angelley Fund to help offset the costs of an upcoming transplant operation. Raine along with his father will also be special guests of the McGill Motorsports team and driver Tim Sauter prior to the event Saturday evening (McGill Motorsports PR)(5-19-2006)
UPDATE: Fourteen year-old Raine Angelley was awaiting a kidney transplant when he was Sauter and the McGill Motorsports teams special guest for the May race. Raine received his donor kidney on August 23rd and is recovering amazingly well. Raine was thrilled when Tim called him at the hospital shortly after the procedure, and is now hooked on NASCAR racing. His new kidney is functioning at 100% and Raine should resume normal activities within several months.(McGill PR)(10-11-2006)
