It was early-2020 when Serene Mai received the dreaded news that both her kidneys had failed. Diagnosed with lupus, an autoimmune disease, at just nine years old, her immune system had attacked her kidneys when she was just a teenager, causing scarring that invariably set her on a path toward end-stage kidney disease. While she … Continue reading “The most painful part of my life was also the most joyful”: Though her kidneys failed her at 35, she saw unexpected miracles