"A Hero and a Warrior"... at Three Years of Age

Here, less than two years after an initial diagnosis of the birth defects that had damaged his kidneys, Darel began a journey that would require the courage of a champion and the strength of a warrior.  He would wait another nine years until advances in kidney transplant surgery intersected with his own critical need and ultimately brought him to Children's Hospital Los Angeles during the historic summer of 1969.  Yes... only days after men had first walked on the moon... this is Darel's own miracle story.