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CORPUS CHRISTI – A Brownsville girl is thankful she received a life-saving kidney transplant at Driscoll Children’s Hospital.
Valeria Ramirez, 10, began dialysis at Driscoll Children’s Valley Dialysis Center in McAllen when she was eight years old. Valeria was on dialysis for ten months while she waited for a new kidney. Valeria was nine years old when she underwent the kidney transplant surgery. For about a year after the transplant, Valeria was in Corpus Christi receiving treatment.
Driscoll Children’s Hospital, like many other healthcare organizations nationwide, is celebrating March as National Kidney Month to raise awareness about kidney disease.