Team Mississippi is heading to Denver for the 2026 Transplant Games of America

Micah would love the opportunity to just be a kid and compete in the things he once loved! so much of his childhood has been spent in a hospital room or an operating room, and he deserves to have some normalcy in his life. He deserves to get to be a kid! Please consider helping Micah and his Dad (Micah's organ donor) go compete at the Transplant games this year! Micah’s Story Micah started having “episodes” when he was just 9 months old. He went three years misdiagnosed before we found out what was wrong. He was wetting through diapers every single night and couldn’t control his urine output. He began having episodes of vomiting uncontrollably and would become lethargic to the point we couldn’t get him to wake up.. after many er visits, ambulance rides and even a helicopter flight to a childrens hospital we finally got the answers we needed. At age 3 we got a definitive diagnosis. Micah's overall diagnosis is Stage 4 kidney failure with Chronic Kidney Disease or CKD for short. He has bilateral renal hypoplasia which means his kidneys are significantly smaller than they should be, he was diagnosed with bilateral hydronephrosis which means there is an over abundance of fluid in his kidneys and urinary tract and he also had grade 5 severe bilateral vesicoureteral reflux which means his urine was backing up into his kidneys. He had a bilateral ureteral reimplantment surgery to fix the reflux in August 2018 at the age of 4. When they went in it was more severe than they expected he had to have a stent due to the severity of the dilation of one of his ureters. He had the stent removed September 2018. He also suffered from a hernia in his groin after his two surgeries which required a third surgery for hernia repair October 2019. His overall kidney function is was now at 23% and he was struggling to stay hydrated everyday because this condition made him dehydrated. We were told that he would more than likely need a transplant by the time he turned 10. Fast forward to 2023 he started to rapidly decline and they chose to start peritoneal dialysis. In May 2023 they placed his catheter for dialysis. However, in late May his catheter flipped inside and became very painful so he underwent another surgery to have it fixed. Later in June 2023, his catheter flipped a second time and they decided to place it on the opposite side so he underwent another surgery for catheter placement. In July 2023, his catheter malfunctioned and doctors decided that they would monitor him closely over the next month or so due to the fact that his dad was being worked up to be a living donor. So he underwent another surgery to have the catheter removed. Fast forward to September 2023 everything came back good and dad and Micah were scheduled for Transplant. On September 23 Micah‘s dad, Brandon, gave him the gift of life through organ transplant. Now Micah is doing much better, although we still face obstacles from day-to-day, his overall outlook on life is so much brighter. We are so thankful that Micah‘s dad was a perfect match. Organ transplant saved our son‘s life!