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Keith: Kidney Transplant

鈥淭he future for Keith is so much brighter and more open to whatever he wants to achieve.鈥

鈥 Keith鈥檚 family

Keith, a kidney transplant patient

Before Keith was born, his parents knew he would need a kidney transplant. He was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease while his mom was pregnant with him. As soon as he was born, Keith was put on dialysis while he waited for a new kidney.

, an urologist, determined Keith would need a new bladder in order to accept a new kidney. A month later, in an 18-hour surgery, Dr. Ahmad Bani Hani and used part of Keith鈥檚 bowel to create a new bladder. After three years on hemodialysis, traveling to the hospital three times a week for treatments, Keith鈥檚 parents finally received the call that a kidney was available.

His transplant surgery was on June 8, 2014, and within 24 hours, Keith had better kidney function than most healthy people.

Now 13 years old, Keith loves watching sports, is an honorary member of the Millersville baseball team and also loves singing.

鈥淭he future for Keith is so much brighter and more open to whatever he wants to achieve,鈥 says Keith鈥檚 family. 鈥淭hanks to someone's choice to be a donor and all the special professionals that we have encountered along the way. 糖心Vlog Children鈥檚 Hospital, Delaware is full of heroes and makes a difference in so many lives. We can never thank them enough.鈥