America's North Shore Journal

This story is from 2008. Marielle is now in college and doing very well. Marielle Carroccio is a beautiful fifteen year old girl with kidney disease. At this stage in her illness, her choices are limited to a transplant or dialysis. Mom and Dad have been fighting for her with the various organ procurement facilities, discovering that they do not all operate by the same rules. She needs a donor badly. Because of an earlier liver transplant, … Read entire article »