At first glance, Daniela Joya, 13, does not look like she spends three days a week in a hospital. But until she gets a new kidney, she has no other choice.

Daniela is one of 35 children on dialysis for kidney failure at the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington. She explains her routine: “Today I received dialysis…Monday, Wednesday, Friday…and they have to stick me with needles.”

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