This 9-Year-Old Needs A Kidney Transplant And Her Mom Is Hoping To Raise Enough Money So That She Can Be A Donor To Her Daughter

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Seven is a 9-year-old little girl who currently has no kidneys and spends hours every single week receiving dialysis.

“Seven is creative…she loves to paint and draw,” her mom Natalie wrote on a GoFundMe page for her.

“She dreams of being a chef or a teacher when she grows up, and her smile can light up a room. She loves to be goofy and find ways to make her little sister laugh.”

“In so many ways, she is like any other 9-year-old. Except Seven has no kidneys. My sweet girl’s childhood is currently wrought with tests, Dr.’s appointments, and hours of dialysis each week. I believe in her resiliency, as well as the kindness of our community.”

Several months after Seven celebrated her 8th birthday, she was diagnosed with a terrible urinary tract infection that ended up having to be treated not once, but twice.

Doctors knew that something wasn’t quite right. They did an ultrasound on Seven and ran some tests, and sure enough, her kidneys were in complete failure.

Natalie immediately took Seven to the children’s hospital located in Tulsa, and Seven had to be airlifted to a second hospital in Oklahoma City.

Once Seven arrived in Oklahoma City, doctors told Natalie that she had such a high build-up of toxins in her body, it was shocking she was not already in a coma.

GoFundMe; pictured above is Seven

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It took days for the toxins to return to a normal level, which just goes to show that Seven was so close to dying.

As Seven continued to receive treatment, doctors learned that Seven had Vasculitis and Lupus, two autoimmune diseases that can prove to be fatal.

Doctors suspected the combination of the diseases caused Seven to go into kidney failure in the first place.

Seven went on to have 8 surgeries in less than a year and a ton of complications including heart failure and swelling in her brain.

In December of 2020, doctors decided that it was best to remove both of her kidneys because her blood pressure was just uncontrollable.

“Because of the medications she’s taking, her appearance has changed drastically,  her self-esteem has diminished, she is smaller in size and underweight for a child her age,” Natalie explained.

“She has been treated for depression, anxiety, and PTSD. My poor girl has gone through the unimaginable.”

Seven also sadly had to celebrate her 9th birthday this year in the hospital.

Natalie is trying to raise enough money to pay for her little girl’s kidney transplant, and she’s planning on donating one of her own kidneys to Seven.

The kidney transplant surgery alone is extraordinarily expensive, but Natalie now needs to prove that she can afford the astronomical expenses before Seven is approved for surgery.

“On average, post-transplant care for a kidney is around $28,000-$30,000 a year,” Natalie wrote.

“The money raised will ensure her medical expenses are covered for 3 years, which are the most vital after transplant.”

Anti-rejection medications can also run around $5,000 per month, and Natalie will need to pay for that too.

“This has been an indescribable experience for our family,” Natalie concluded.

“One that I will never understand. But, we are optimistic and looking forward to the future post-transplant. We are hoping that surgery will happen very, very soon so that Seven can begin her life again.”

If you would like to donate to the GoFundMe created to help Seven get a new kidney, you can do so here.

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