Karen Rodas and Paul Rybkin faced heartbreak when their son, Nathaniel, lived only 36 hours due to Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD). In 2013, their daughter, Maddy, was born with the same condition. Despite numerous hospital visits and treatments, her health declined, leaving her weak and constantly ill.
Doctors warned she needed a kidney transplant to survive. Her father, Paul, turned out to be a match and donated his kidney, saving her life. Continues…
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The stench hit first, thick and wrong, curling into his lungs like a warning. He thought it was pests, a nest, a nuisance he could pay someone…
He walked away from her. That’s the part he can’t rewrite, no matter how many scripts he’s handed or how many lights burn his name across a…
The room froze when she spoke. A toddler, barely two, stood in the middle of a police station begging to confess a crime, clutching a stuffed rabbit…