Two-year-old Yuma boy listed and accepted for kidney transplant

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - Two-year-old Maverick Buoniconti has been listed and accepted for a kidney transplant after multiple procedures.

Maverick was born with Vader syndrome and one small cystic kidney.

Throughout his young life, Maverick has been through 22 surgeries, and been on dialysis since he was one year old. 

Since being accepted for a new kidney, his mother, Deanna Buoniconti, is waiting to see if she is a match. However, the process takes six months.

"I just hope and pray that I am a match for him and be able to give that to him would just be like amazing, amazing to me," Deanna says.

The family is looking for donations and a living donor if possible.

She describes how Maverick has handled the constant procedures in the past years.

"Maverick's a really strong little boy like he's had surgery since the day that he was born basically. He doesn't know any different," Deanna said.

So far, the family has raised over $9,000.

His mother shares how much it means to her family to receive support from the Yuma community.

"It means so much to us knowing that people are praying for Maverick and just the support and love of helping us take care of our other kids while we can't be here means everything to us," she says.

If you would like to donate to the family, you can click on the link HERE.