Photo: Jai'Wan Davis-Harbour of Taylor sits in a wheelchair next to his mother, Cherisse, during a press conference Tuesday afternoon at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. Jai'Wan received a kidney transplant last week.
But for 11-year-old Jai’Wan Davis-Harbour of Taylor, they’ve only been dreams — until now.
Born with a set of kidneys that didn’t work properly, Jai’Wan has been a dialysis patient since he was 7 months old.
He received his first kidney transplant at the age of 3 — but five years later, his body rejected one of them, and he had to go back to a rigid treatment system.
Sitting in a chair at the dialysis center at University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital for three hours a day, four days a week for the past four years, Jai’Wan has patiently waited for a match.
Last week, Jai’Wan received a new kidney — which he’s named “Pinocchio two:” “…because I just want to be a real boy
Read more: http://www.annarbor.com/news/a-pinocchio-story-boy-receives-kidney-transplant-says-he-can-be-a-real-boy-now/
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