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Sep 7, 2008 9:07 pm US/Central
14-Year-Old In Need Of New Kidney
Reporting
Carol Cavazos
DENTON (CBS 11 News) ―
On the outside, 14-year-old Dani Yaw of Denton looks like an ordinary teenager. On the inside, she needs a new kidney. She may even need a new heart.
While Dani awaits a transplant, friends in Denton put on a fundraiser for her.
Dani, who is 14, requires over three hours of dialysis a day. Despite that, she hasn't missed a day of class as a freshman at Ryan High School. That's something she attributes to God. "He knows I was strong and I could deal with it."
Sunday's fundraiser, put on by the Blue Knights motorcycle club and the Denton County Sheriff's Department, will help put a dent in mounting medical bills.
Her father says so far it's been over a quarter of a million dollars in bills, but he's not worried. "We're breathing" says Dave Yaw.
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