published Sunday, September 9th, 2012  Family's love supports
Chattanooga two-year-old in fight against kidney disease (with
video)  Family's love supports tiny transplant patient   •
Shafer's family learns to live in the moment Follow us on
Twitter for the latest breaking news   Denys-Drash syndrome is
characterized by abnormal kidney function, a cancerous tumor of
the kidney called Wilms tumor and disorders of sexual
development in affected males. DDS is a genetic disorder caused
by mutations in the Wilms tumor suppressor gene, WT1.  Source:
National Organization for Rare Disorders   For more information
about Shafer Daves or to donate to his medical fund visit  The
phone call came at 6:30 p.m. the Friday before Labor Day. We
need to see your son at Vanderbilt tonight, the doctor told
them.  Before the phone rang, it had been a normal day of
laughter, school art projects, lunch and meetings, plans for a
long weekend and family visits, with pauses long enough to give
2-year-old Shafer doses of medicine and w