Born two months premature on January 19, 2006, Major was diagnosed with End Stage Renal Disease due to an obstruction called Posterior Uretheral Valves.  Requiring peritoneal dialysis to live, he spent the first 125 days of his life at Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas, formerly Children's Hospital of Austin.  He fought a daily battle to survive.

Major has been cared for by one of the best health care teams in Central Texas.  For more than two years, he received 11 hours of nightly dialysis as he grew bigger and stronger.  By Summer 2008, he was ready to receive a kidney from his father.  Since pediatric transplants are not available in Austin, the Key family decided to search for the best place for Major to receive his life-saving kidney transplant.  They selected the world-renowned Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford in Palo Alto, California, which is located 1800 miles from his home.  On July 7, 2008, Major underwent a life-changing kidney transplant.

With the cost of a transplant often exceeding $500,000, many transplant patients are unable to shoulder the financial burden of such a procedure. The Children's Organ Transplant Association (COTA) is a national charity dedicated to organizing and guiding communities in raising funds for transplant-needy patients.  On a daily basis, volunteers are raising funds for transplant patients like local miracle child, Major Key.  To date, volunteers from Texas and across the nation have helped Major Key and his family reach their COTA campaign goal of $50,000.