Lakers fans, meet Sarai Sanchez: A brave and fun-loving 15-year-old who has spent a lifetime battling the complications of a spina bifida diagnosis, including kidney disease. Sarai underwent a life-saving kidney transplant in June of 2015 at Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA – and her dad was her donor.
Sarai is a passionate basketball fan, and even spent the night of her transplant watching the NBA playoffs with her father as they awaited their surgeries at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.
Sarai arrived early for November 20’s Lakers vs. Bulls game to watch some of her favorite Lakers warm up at Staples Center.