A HealthBeat Special Series

Little magic man

Jazir plays with action figures, but no one would blink if he declared his real superhero the 42-year-old man who supplied a kidney and a new way of life for a little boy who waited so long.

Health Beat Special Series
Children's Health
Patient Story

‘The best thing that could have happened to us’

After waiting his whole life, 5-year-old Jazir Westerfield receives a kidney.

  • Marie Havenga
  • By: Marie Havenga
  • April 1, 2017
  • 8
Community
Patient Story

Go green! Go white!

And go register to be an organ donor! Sparty is.

  • Taylor Ballek
  • By: Taylor Ballek
  • November 11, 2016
  • 0
Children's Health
Patient Story

‘We didn’t think he would survive’

4-year-old Jazir Westerfield undergoes dialysis at home every night as he awaits a kidney transplant.

  • Marie Havenga
  • By: Marie Havenga
  • October 26, 2015
  • 9