Her little sister needed a kidney. The donation let them both live their dreams

As children, sisters Amaris and Dominique Elston were inseparable. Their parents remember the two of them sharing everything and always having each others' backs, no matter the situation. 

That bond didn't change as they grew older, and when an 18-year-old Dominique was diagnosed with focal segmentalglomerulosclerosis, a chronic kidney disease that soon led to kidney failure, Amaris was again ready to help her sister.

"I told Amaris 'Dominique is in kidney failure. Her kidney function was at 19%, and she's going to need a kidney transplant eventually,'" Denise Elston, their mother, said. "Thirty seconds later, Amaris said, 'Can I give her one?'"