Boy giving rose

You are the miracle

You are the miracle

It’s been eight days since Ivonne got her transplant. Her new organs, both liver and kidney, from a 22-year old young man, started to work immediately after the surgery and have been catching up with years of malfunctioning and accumulated toxins in her body. Her creatinine, for example, a hormone...

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A Hope-filled Luggage Case

Hope filled luggage

by Diana Álvarez The only thing we need to get sick is to be healthy. That day comes when someone tells you your kidney function is insufficient. The best you can do is to get an organ transplant before you reach a stage when you will need dialysis. But you...

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Keep on swimming!

Butterfly swimming

by Vladimir Lugo I was dying. I was desperately gasping for air and struggling to remain above water. Sweating cold and thinking to myself, “why am I doing this,” I stopped; then rested for a couple of seconds. I looked back to see how far I had gone. “What? Half...

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