A native Croat, Macakanja, along with her mother and a sister, came to America in 1995. They left behind her father and her older sister– and the bombs that were falling during the Croatian War for Independence.
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Thursday, March 1, 2012
Only 30: In America… and she needs a kidney
The Hook
It’s 11am, and Tihana Macakanja has just spent two and a half hours hooked to a machine; and even after the procedure ends, she's facing a 40-minute drive home. It's an arduous cycle that she repeats three times a week, but with her closest relatives ruled out as kidney donors, dialysis is something she could be stuck with for a long time.
A native Croat, Macakanja, along with her mother and a sister, came to America in 1995. They left behind her father and her older sister– and the bombs that were falling during the Croatian War for Independence.
A native Croat, Macakanja, along with her mother and a sister, came to America in 1995. They left behind her father and her older sister– and the bombs that were falling during the Croatian War for Independence.
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