
Every parent’s greatest wish is for their child to grow up healthy and happy. Karen Rodas and Paul Bybkin experienced heartbreak when their newborn son, Nathaniel, passed away just 36 hours after birth due to Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) — a condition that causes cysts to grow in the kidneys, often leading to kidney failure.
In 2013, they were blessed with a daughter, Maddy. Sadly, she was born with the same condition. Her belly was extremely swollen, and she spent much of her early life in and out of hospitals, sleeping up to 18 hours a day.

Doctors said her only chance at living a normal life was a kidney transplant. Thankfully, her father Paul was a perfect match…