An introduction | Stacey Schwerin and her 10 year-old daughter Jessica talk about the different possible dialysis treatments Jessica will likely undergo after being diagnosed with kidney failure earlier in 2012, one of which would be administered through her stomach. | September 2012

A donor is found | An anonymous donor has been found for 10-year-old Jessica Schwerin, who was diagnosed with kidney failure earlier in the year. A benefit will be held in an attempt to raise money towards Schwerin's medical expenses, as she is expected to have a transplant in early January. | November 2012

Leaving for surgery in style | Jessica waits in front of her Bay City home for a limo to arrive to take her down to C.S. Mott Children's Hospital in Ann Arbor for a kidney transplant operation. | Jan. 10, 2013

Leaving for surgery in style | Jessica gives her dog Bonzai a goodbye hug while waiting for a limo to arrive to take her down to C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. Vinny Stuart, owner of Bay City's Stock Pot Diner, provided the limo for Schwerin, her mother Stacey, and her kidney donor Brian Martindale. After a benefit was held for the Schwerins to raise money for medical expenses, they were introduced to Martindale, finding out that he was also a Bay City resident who lived two streets over from the Schwerins. | Jan. 10, 2013

Leaving for surgery in style | Family and friends, including Jessica's grandmother Rosemary Backus, right, sendoff the Schwerins and Martindale as they leave for the transplant operation in Ann Arbor. | Jan. 10, 2013

Spending the night in Ann Arbor | Jessica  and her kidney donor Brian Martindale arrive at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. The two will be spending the night in Ann Arbor before having their surgeries early Friday morning. | Jan. 10, 2013

Spending the night in Ann Arbor | Jessica and her mother Stacey speak with Dr. John Magee in their hospital room at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. Jessica will be spending the night in Ann Arbor before she has her kidney transplant surgery early Friday morning, which Dr. Magee will be performing. | Jan. 10, 2013

Recovery | Brian visits Jessica in her recovery room at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital Sunday afternoon after the two underwent a kidney transplant early Friday morning. | Jan. 13, 2013

Recovery | Jessica's mother Stacey shows how the staff at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital in Ann Arbor dressed up Jessica's doll to look like her in surgery. | Jan. 13, 2013

Recovery | Jessica wakes up for a brief moment before quickly falling back asleep in her recovery room at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital Sunday afternoon during a visit from kidney donor Brian, their first since having the kidney transplant Friday morning. | Jan. 13, 2013

Recovery | Brian visits Jessica and her family in her recovery room at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital Sunday afternoon while recovering from the transplant operation. | Jan. 13, 2013

Coming home | Jessica stops in to see her kidney donor Brian on her way home from Ann Arbor, exactly one week after having a kidney transplant. Jessica will have to limit her contact with people for at least the next month as she recovers from the operation. | Jan. 18, 2013

Coming home | Jessica, her mother Stacey, and her aunt Cindy Enoch leave to go back to the Schwerin's Bay City home after visiting with Jessica's kidney donor on their way home from Ann Arbor. Jessica will have to wear a mask when out in public over the next month as she recovers from kidney transplant surgery. | Jan. 18, 2013

Back to school | Jessica arrives at Linsday Elementary for her first day back to school Thursday morning following a successful kidney transplant in January of this year. | Feb. 28, 2013

Jessica's Story