Two Kidney Transplants, One Family, and a Whole Lot of Love

By Lynn Nichols
When Hazel Cunanan, a home health nurse, got the call that her 15-year-old son, Markus, needed a kidney transplant, she broke down. It was simply too much. The family had already endured a kidney transplant for their eldest daughter, Danica.

“I sat with my patient and I cried and cried,” Hazel says. “But it ended up being much easier the second time around. We knew what to expect, we were stronger. And we already had a community at the hospital and at home to help us.”
Read the full story in Stanford Medicine Childrens Health Healthier, Happier Lives Blog.