The First Monica Child to Deal With FSGS
Speaks of Her Transplant

 By Marina Monica

Hello! I would like to tell you how wonderful the Foundation is. I received a kidney transplant a year and a half ago. My brother is going to be undergoing one in January. We have been through a lot of rough times in our life time. It is hard to believe that only 16 years have gone by -- it seems like a century. It makes me feel much older, and think about life differently a lot of times. God has a purpose for me. I am to be a role model for all the other kids, to motivate them to go on with life and let them know that there is a life with a brighter future.