A three-year-old girl who was born with many congenital deformities has been saved from death as her grandfather donates a kidney to her.
The girl, Penny Powell’s life was at stake when her entire family was tested but only the kidney of her 64-year-old grandad, John, matched her own.
The British baby was born with abnormal kidneys, chronic lung disease and two holes in her heart.
The granddad noted that, “As soon as we knew that Penny would need a transplant, we all went to get tested.
“She’s had such a difficult life to date, and we would all be willing to do whatever we could to save her.
“It transpired that only I could donate, because I was the only one to share a blood type with her. It was a no-brainer, of course.”
Both have now fully recovered.
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