A grandmother saved her infant granddaughter's life two months ago by donating one of her kidneys.
At just three-days-old, Clara Boddie of Texas was diagnosed with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) and was born with just one vital
kidney.
Clara started dialysis at just six-days-old up until she was 21-months-old when she was
big enough for transplant surgery.
Grandmother Cindy Smith, 54, offered to donate one of her kidneys to her tiny granddaughter after hearing she required a new organ in order to live a normal life.
'This is our first grandbaby,' Cindy told ABC.
'Nowadays, things go so smoothly with
science, and it just was not the case with
Clara. ... We knew she was a fighter,' she added.
Mother Kate Boddie told ABC that doctors discovered Clara Boddie's kidney problems
when she was still in her mother's womb.
Both of Clara's parents were ineligible donors and so that's when Clara's grandmother
stepped in.
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