Daaniya Zaidi received a kidney transplant from NY-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center on June 20. In exchange, father, who is incompatible, is donating a kidney as part of a donor chain. (Facebook/Daaniya's story)
MANHATTAN — Daaniya Zaidi, two months shy of turning 3, received a new kidney on Wednesday.
She was part of a donor swap whose chain involved 10 total donors — including Daaniya’s father — and nine recipients.
To prepare for the operation, which took place at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, Daaniya’s family moved from Singapore to the Upper East Side near the hospital. Her father, Salman Zaidi, got permission to relocate his banking job here from Singapore in order to get the care needed for his daughter.
"There was no question about it," said Zaidi, 33, after he researched various hospitals. "Our lives are our children. Where you live doesn’t really matter."
Daaniya’s mother agreed.
"Friends asked how could you pick up and just move everything," said Samareen Shami, 32. "How could you not?"
Daaniya was diagnosed last May with a kidney problem despite seeming perfectly healthy. Then came the urinary tract infections. She was diagnosed with a chronic kidney condition and was put on dialysis a few months later. Doctors said she would eventually need a transplant to replace her faulty kidneys.
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