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SCHICKSALE - Robert Keon hat seine Tochter an Blutkrebs verloren: Nun spendet er Stammzellen um Leukämiekranken zu helfen
Adelle ready for her formal. (PA Real Life/ Collect) *** Devoted dad donates stem cells to a stranger in
honour of the beloved teenage daughter he lost to
blood cancer last summer
By Rikki Loftus, PA Real Life
A father-of-five has honoured the memory of the teenage daughter he lost to blood cancer
last summer by donating his stem cells to save a stranger's life.
Just 15 when she was diagnosed in March 2018, Robert Keown, 44, who is a full -time
carer for his son, Carter, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, was heartbroken when he
discovered his stem cells were not a match for his beloved girl, Adelle.
Fortunately, an anonymous donor was found and just nine months later Adelle - one of six
children including William, 25, trainee teacher Rebecca, 22, her twin brother Aaron, 18,
and Carter, 13 - was given the all clear.
Tragically, her cancer returned in March 2020 and in July, Adelle - a sixth former who had
planned to work with children with cancer - died peacefully in hospital, with her family by
her bedside, aged just 18.
Robert, whose wife Leanne, 40, can't work due to ill health, said: We all miss her so
much and have been trying to keep her legacy alive.
When I got the call that I was a match for someone, I didnt think twice.
Adelle received an anonymous donation in 2018 and it gave us another 18 m onths with
her. I hope my contribution can help another family.
Robert and Leanne's nightmare began in January 2018, when Adelle came down with
tonsillitis.
He said: At first, we didnt think anything of it. Adelle had suffered with tonsillitis on and
off all her life and she normally got better.
Doctors expected it to clear up within a few weeks but, by March, she still wasnt well.
Thats when they took her for tests.
Adelle was referred to Belfast City Hospital, where blood tests led to a devasta ting
diagnosis of acute myeloid leukaemia, a form of blood cancer.
It was actually Adelle who broke the news to me after a doctor had sat her down to
(c) Dukas -
DUK10141718_011
SCHICKSALE - Robert Keon hat seine Tochter an Blutkrebs verloren: Nun spendet er Stammzellen um Leukämiekranken zu helfen
Adelle in hospital. (PA Real Life/ Collect) *** Devoted dad donates stem cells to a stranger in
honour of the beloved teenage daughter he lost to
blood cancer last summer
By Rikki Loftus, PA Real Life
A father-of-five has honoured the memory of the teenage daughter he lost to blood cancer
last summer by donating his stem cells to save a stranger's life.
Just 15 when she was diagnosed in March 2018, Robert Keown, 44, who is a full -time
carer for his son, Carter, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, was heartbroken when he
discovered his stem cells were not a match for his beloved girl, Adelle.
Fortunately, an anonymous donor was found and just nine months later Adelle - one of six
children including William, 25, trainee teacher Rebecca, 22, her twin brother Aaron, 18,
and Carter, 13 - was given the all clear.
Tragically, her cancer returned in March 2020 and in July, Adelle - a sixth former who had
planned to work with children with cancer - died peacefully in hospital, with her family by
her bedside, aged just 18.
Robert, whose wife Leanne, 40, can't work due to ill health, said: We all miss her so
much and have been trying to keep her legacy alive.
When I got the call that I was a match for someone, I didnt think twice.
Adelle received an anonymous donation in 2018 and it gave us another 18 m onths with
her. I hope my contribution can help another family.
Robert and Leanne's nightmare began in January 2018, when Adelle came down with
tonsillitis.
He said: At first, we didnt think anything of it. Adelle had suffered with tonsillitis on and
off all her life and she normally got better.
Doctors expected it to clear up within a few weeks but, by March, she still wasnt well.
Thats when they took her for tests.
Adelle was referred to Belfast City Hospital, where blood tests led to a devasta ting
diagnosis of acute myeloid leukaemia, a form of blood cancer.
It was actually Adelle who broke the news to me after a doctor had sat her down to tell
her
(c) Dukas -
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SCHICKSALE - Robert Keon hat seine Tochter an Blutkrebs verloren: Nun spendet er Stammzellen um Leukämiekranken zu helfen
Adelle doing the rickshaw challenge. (PA Real Life/ Collect) *** Devoted dad donates stem cells to a stranger in
honour of the beloved teenage daughter he lost to
blood cancer last summer
By Rikki Loftus, PA Real Life
A father-of-five has honoured the memory of the teenage daughter he lost to blood cancer
last summer by donating his stem cells to save a stranger's life.
Just 15 when she was diagnosed in March 2018, Robert Keown, 44, who is a full -time
carer for his son, Carter, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, was heartbroken when he
discovered his stem cells were not a match for his beloved girl, Adelle.
Fortunately, an anonymous donor was found and just nine months later Adelle - one of six
children including William, 25, trainee teacher Rebecca, 22, her twin brother Aaron, 18,
and Carter, 13 - was given the all clear.
Tragically, her cancer returned in March 2020 and in July, Adelle - a sixth former who had
planned to work with children with cancer - died peacefully in hospital, with her family by
her bedside, aged just 18.
Robert, whose wife Leanne, 40, can't work due to ill health, said: We all miss her so
much and have been trying to keep her legacy alive.
When I got the call that I was a match for someone, I didnt think twice.
Adelle received an anonymous donation in 2018 and it gave us another 18 m onths with
her. I hope my contribution can help another family.
Robert and Leanne's nightmare began in January 2018, when Adelle came down with
tonsillitis.
He said: At first, we didnt think anything of it. Adelle had suffered with tonsillitis on and
off all her life and she normally got better.
Doctors expected it to clear up within a few weeks but, by March, she still wasnt well.
Thats when they took her for tests.
Adelle was referred to Belfast City Hospital, where blood tests led to a devasta ting
diagnosis of acute myeloid leukaemia, a form of blood cancer.
It was actually Adelle who broke the news to me after a doctor had sat her
(c) Dukas -
DUK10141718_015
SCHICKSALE - Robert Keon hat seine Tochter an Blutkrebs verloren: Nun spendet er Stammzellen um Leukämiekranken zu helfen
Adelle doing the rickshaw challenge. (PA Real Life/ Collect) *** Devoted dad donates stem cells to a stranger in
honour of the beloved teenage daughter he lost to
blood cancer last summer
By Rikki Loftus, PA Real Life
A father-of-five has honoured the memory of the teenage daughter he lost to blood cancer
last summer by donating his stem cells to save a stranger's life.
Just 15 when she was diagnosed in March 2018, Robert Keown, 44, who is a full -time
carer for his son, Carter, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, was heartbroken when he
discovered his stem cells were not a match for his beloved girl, Adelle.
Fortunately, an anonymous donor was found and just nine months later Adelle - one of six
children including William, 25, trainee teacher Rebecca, 22, her twin brother Aaron, 18,
and Carter, 13 - was given the all clear.
Tragically, her cancer returned in March 2020 and in July, Adelle - a sixth former who had
planned to work with children with cancer - died peacefully in hospital, with her family by
her bedside, aged just 18.
Robert, whose wife Leanne, 40, can't work due to ill health, said: We all miss her so
much and have been trying to keep her legacy alive.
When I got the call that I was a match for someone, I didnt think twice.
Adelle received an anonymous donation in 2018 and it gave us another 18 m onths with
her. I hope my contribution can help another family.
Robert and Leanne's nightmare began in January 2018, when Adelle came down with
tonsillitis.
He said: At first, we didnt think anything of it. Adelle had suffered with tonsillitis on and
off all her life and she normally got better.
Doctors expected it to clear up within a few weeks but, by March, she still wasnt well.
Thats when they took her for tests.
Adelle was referred to Belfast City Hospital, where blood tests led to a devasta ting
diagnosis of acute myeloid leukaemia, a form of blood cancer.
It was actually Adelle who broke the news to me after a doctor had sat her
(c) Dukas -
DUK10141718_016
SCHICKSALE - Robert Keon hat seine Tochter an Blutkrebs verloren: Nun spendet er Stammzellen um Leukämiekranken zu helfen
Adelle at Children in Need. (PA Real Life/ Collect) *** Devoted dad donates stem cells to a stranger in
honour of the beloved teenage daughter he lost to
blood cancer last summer
By Rikki Loftus, PA Real Life
A father-of-five has honoured the memory of the teenage daughter he lost to blood cancer
last summer by donating his stem cells to save a stranger's life.
Just 15 when she was diagnosed in March 2018, Robert Keown, 44, who is a full -time
carer for his son, Carter, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, was heartbroken when he
discovered his stem cells were not a match for his beloved girl, Adelle.
Fortunately, an anonymous donor was found and just nine months later Adelle - one of six
children including William, 25, trainee teacher Rebecca, 22, her twin brother Aaron, 18,
and Carter, 13 - was given the all clear.
Tragically, her cancer returned in March 2020 and in July, Adelle - a sixth former who had
planned to work with children with cancer - died peacefully in hospital, with her family by
her bedside, aged just 18.
Robert, whose wife Leanne, 40, can't work due to ill health, said: We all miss her so
much and have been trying to keep her legacy alive.
When I got the call that I was a match for someone, I didnt think twice.
Adelle received an anonymous donation in 2018 and it gave us another 18 m onths with
her. I hope my contribution can help another family.
Robert and Leanne's nightmare began in January 2018, when Adelle came down with
tonsillitis.
He said: At first, we didnt think anything of it. Adelle had suffered with tonsillitis on and
off all her life and she normally got better.
Doctors expected it to clear up within a few weeks but, by March, she still wasnt well.
Thats when they took her for tests.
Adelle was referred to Belfast City Hospital, where blood tests led to a devasta ting
diagnosis of acute myeloid leukaemia, a form of blood cancer.
It was actually Adelle who broke the news to me after a doctor had sat her down to t
(c) Dukas -
DUK10141718_012
SCHICKSALE - Robert Keon hat seine Tochter an Blutkrebs verloren: Nun spendet er Stammzellen um Leukämiekranken zu helfen
Adelle and Robert. (PA Real Life/ Collect) *** Devoted dad donates stem cells to a stranger in
honour of the beloved teenage daughter he lost to
blood cancer last summer
By Rikki Loftus, PA Real Life
A father-of-five has honoured the memory of the teenage daughter he lost to blood cancer
last summer by donating his stem cells to save a stranger's life.
Just 15 when she was diagnosed in March 2018, Robert Keown, 44, who is a full -time
carer for his son, Carter, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, was heartbroken when he
discovered his stem cells were not a match for his beloved girl, Adelle.
Fortunately, an anonymous donor was found and just nine months later Adelle - one of six
children including William, 25, trainee teacher Rebecca, 22, her twin brother Aaron, 18,
and Carter, 13 - was given the all clear.
Tragically, her cancer returned in March 2020 and in July, Adelle - a sixth former who had
planned to work with children with cancer - died peacefully in hospital, with her family by
her bedside, aged just 18.
Robert, whose wife Leanne, 40, can't work due to ill health, said: We all miss her so
much and have been trying to keep her legacy alive.
When I got the call that I was a match for someone, I didnt think twice.
Adelle received an anonymous donation in 2018 and it gave us another 18 m onths with
her. I hope my contribution can help another family.
Robert and Leanne's nightmare began in January 2018, when Adelle came down with
tonsillitis.
He said: At first, we didnt think anything of it. Adelle had suffered with tonsillitis on and
off all her life and she normally got better.
Doctors expected it to clear up within a few weeks but, by March, she still wasnt well.
Thats when they took her for tests.
Adelle was referred to Belfast City Hospital, where blood tests led to a devasta ting
diagnosis of acute myeloid leukaemia, a form of blood cancer.
It was actually Adelle who broke the news to me after a doctor had sat her down to tell
her,
(c) Dukas -
DUK10141718_008
SCHICKSALE - Robert Keon hat seine Tochter an Blutkrebs verloren: Nun spendet er Stammzellen um Leukämiekranken zu helfen
Adelle and Robert outside the BBC. (PA Real Life/ Collect) *** Devoted dad donates stem cells to a stranger in
honour of the beloved teenage daughter he lost to
blood cancer last summer
By Rikki Loftus, PA Real Life
A father-of-five has honoured the memory of the teenage daughter he lost to blood cancer
last summer by donating his stem cells to save a stranger's life.
Just 15 when she was diagnosed in March 2018, Robert Keown, 44, who is a full -time
carer for his son, Carter, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, was heartbroken when he
discovered his stem cells were not a match for his beloved girl, Adelle.
Fortunately, an anonymous donor was found and just nine months later Adelle - one of six
children including William, 25, trainee teacher Rebecca, 22, her twin brother Aaron, 18,
and Carter, 13 - was given the all clear.
Tragically, her cancer returned in March 2020 and in July, Adelle - a sixth former who had
planned to work with children with cancer - died peacefully in hospital, with her family by
her bedside, aged just 18.
Robert, whose wife Leanne, 40, can't work due to ill health, said: We all miss her so
much and have been trying to keep her legacy alive.
When I got the call that I was a match for someone, I didnt think twice.
Adelle received an anonymous donation in 2018 and it gave us another 18 m onths with
her. I hope my contribution can help another family.
Robert and Leanne's nightmare began in January 2018, when Adelle came down with
tonsillitis.
He said: At first, we didnt think anything of it. Adelle had suffered with tonsillitis on and
off all her life and she normally got better.
Doctors expected it to clear up within a few weeks but, by March, she still wasnt well.
Thats when they took her for tests.
Adelle was referred to Belfast City Hospital, where blood tests led to a devasta ting
diagnosis of acute myeloid leukaemia, a form of blood cancer.
It was actually Adelle who broke the news to me after a doctor had sat her do
(c) Dukas -
DUK10141718_018
SCHICKSALE - Robert Keon hat seine Tochter an Blutkrebs verloren: Nun spendet er Stammzellen um Leukämiekranken zu helfen
Adelle and Robert. (PA Real Life/ Collect) *** Devoted dad donates stem cells to a stranger in
honour of the beloved teenage daughter he lost to
blood cancer last summer
By Rikki Loftus, PA Real Life
A father-of-five has honoured the memory of the teenage daughter he lost to blood cancer
last summer by donating his stem cells to save a stranger's life.
Just 15 when she was diagnosed in March 2018, Robert Keown, 44, who is a full -time
carer for his son, Carter, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, was heartbroken when he
discovered his stem cells were not a match for his beloved girl, Adelle.
Fortunately, an anonymous donor was found and just nine months later Adelle - one of six
children including William, 25, trainee teacher Rebecca, 22, her twin brother Aaron, 18,
and Carter, 13 - was given the all clear.
Tragically, her cancer returned in March 2020 and in July, Adelle - a sixth former who had
planned to work with children with cancer - died peacefully in hospital, with her family by
her bedside, aged just 18.
Robert, whose wife Leanne, 40, can't work due to ill health, said: We all miss her so
much and have been trying to keep her legacy alive.
When I got the call that I was a match for someone, I didnt think twice.
Adelle received an anonymous donation in 2018 and it gave us another 18 m onths with
her. I hope my contribution can help another family.
Robert and Leanne's nightmare began in January 2018, when Adelle came down with
tonsillitis.
He said: At first, we didnt think anything of it. Adelle had suffered with tonsillitis on and
off all her life and she normally got better.
Doctors expected it to clear up within a few weeks but, by March, she still wasnt well.
Thats when they took her for tests.
Adelle was referred to Belfast City Hospital, where blood tests led to a devasta ting
diagnosis of acute myeloid leukaemia, a form of blood cancer.
It was actually Adelle who broke the news to me after a doctor had sat her down to tell
her,
(c) Dukas -
DUK10141718_013
SCHICKSALE - Robert Keon hat seine Tochter an Blutkrebs verloren: Nun spendet er Stammzellen um Leukämiekranken zu helfen
Adelle and Robert. (PA Real Life/ Collect) *** Devoted dad donates stem cells to a stranger in
honour of the beloved teenage daughter he lost to
blood cancer last summer
By Rikki Loftus, PA Real Life
A father-of-five has honoured the memory of the teenage daughter he lost to blood cancer
last summer by donating his stem cells to save a stranger's life.
Just 15 when she was diagnosed in March 2018, Robert Keown, 44, who is a full -time
carer for his son, Carter, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, was heartbroken when he
discovered his stem cells were not a match for his beloved girl, Adelle.
Fortunately, an anonymous donor was found and just nine months later Adelle - one of six
children including William, 25, trainee teacher Rebecca, 22, her twin brother Aaron, 18,
and Carter, 13 - was given the all clear.
Tragically, her cancer returned in March 2020 and in July, Adelle - a sixth former who had
planned to work with children with cancer - died peacefully in hospital, with her family by
her bedside, aged just 18.
Robert, whose wife Leanne, 40, can't work due to ill health, said: We all miss her so
much and have been trying to keep her legacy alive.
When I got the call that I was a match for someone, I didnt think twice.
Adelle received an anonymous donation in 2018 and it gave us another 18 m onths with
her. I hope my contribution can help another family.
Robert and Leanne's nightmare began in January 2018, when Adelle came down with
tonsillitis.
He said: At first, we didnt think anything of it. Adelle had suffered with tonsillitis on and
off all her life and she normally got better.
Doctors expected it to clear up within a few weeks but, by March, she still wasnt well.
Thats when they took her for tests.
Adelle was referred to Belfast City Hospital, where blood tests led to a devasta ting
diagnosis of acute myeloid leukaemia, a form of blood cancer.
It was actually Adelle who broke the news to me after a doctor had sat her down to tell
her,
(c) Dukas -
DUK10141718_007
SCHICKSALE - Robert Keon hat seine Tochter an Blutkrebs verloren: Nun spendet er Stammzellen um Leukämiekranken zu helfen
Adelle and Robert. (PA Real Life/ Collect) *** Devoted dad donates stem cells to a stranger in
honour of the beloved teenage daughter he lost to
blood cancer last summer
By Rikki Loftus, PA Real Life
A father-of-five has honoured the memory of the teenage daughter he lost to blood cancer
last summer by donating his stem cells to save a stranger's life.
Just 15 when she was diagnosed in March 2018, Robert Keown, 44, who is a full -time
carer for his son, Carter, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, was heartbroken when he
discovered his stem cells were not a match for his beloved girl, Adelle.
Fortunately, an anonymous donor was found and just nine months later Adelle - one of six
children including William, 25, trainee teacher Rebecca, 22, her twin brother Aaron, 18,
and Carter, 13 - was given the all clear.
Tragically, her cancer returned in March 2020 and in July, Adelle - a sixth former who had
planned to work with children with cancer - died peacefully in hospital, with her family by
her bedside, aged just 18.
Robert, whose wife Leanne, 40, can't work due to ill health, said: We all miss her so
much and have been trying to keep her legacy alive.
When I got the call that I was a match for someone, I didnt think twice.
Adelle received an anonymous donation in 2018 and it gave us another 18 m onths with
her. I hope my contribution can help another family.
Robert and Leanne's nightmare began in January 2018, when Adelle came down with
tonsillitis.
He said: At first, we didnt think anything of it. Adelle had suffered with tonsillitis on and
off all her life and she normally got better.
Doctors expected it to clear up within a few weeks but, by March, she still wasnt well.
Thats when they took her for tests.
Adelle was referred to Belfast City Hospital, where blood tests led to a devasta ting
diagnosis of acute myeloid leukaemia, a form of blood cancer.
It was actually Adelle who broke the news to me after a doctor had sat her down to tell
her,
(c) Dukas -
DUK10141718_001
SCHICKSALE - Robert Keon hat seine Tochter an Blutkrebs verloren: Nun spendet er Stammzellen um Leukämiekranken zu helfen
Adelle and Robert. (PA Real Life/ Collect) *** Devoted dad donates stem cells to a stranger in
honour of the beloved teenage daughter he lost to
blood cancer last summer
By Rikki Loftus, PA Real Life
A father-of-five has honoured the memory of the teenage daughter he lost to blood cancer
last summer by donating his stem cells to save a stranger's life.
Just 15 when she was diagnosed in March 2018, Robert Keown, 44, who is a full -time
carer for his son, Carter, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, was heartbroken when he
discovered his stem cells were not a match for his beloved girl, Adelle.
Fortunately, an anonymous donor was found and just nine months later Adelle - one of six
children including William, 25, trainee teacher Rebecca, 22, her twin brother Aaron, 18,
and Carter, 13 - was given the all clear.
Tragically, her cancer returned in March 2020 and in July, Adelle - a sixth former who had
planned to work with children with cancer - died peacefully in hospital, with her family by
her bedside, aged just 18.
Robert, whose wife Leanne, 40, can't work due to ill health, said: We all miss her so
much and have been trying to keep her legacy alive.
When I got the call that I was a match for someone, I didnt think twice.
Adelle received an anonymous donation in 2018 and it gave us another 18 m onths with
her. I hope my contribution can help another family.
Robert and Leanne's nightmare began in January 2018, when Adelle came down with
tonsillitis.
He said: At first, we didnt think anything of it. Adelle had suffered with tonsillitis on and
off all her life and she normally got better.
Doctors expected it to clear up within a few weeks but, by March, she still wasnt well.
Thats when they took her for tests.
Adelle was referred to Belfast City Hospital, where blood tests led to a devasta ting
diagnosis of acute myeloid leukaemia, a form of blood cancer.
It was actually Adelle who broke the news to me after a doctor had sat her down to tell
her,
(c) Dukas -
DUK10141718_009
SCHICKSALE - Robert Keon hat seine Tochter an Blutkrebs verloren: Nun spendet er Stammzellen um Leukämiekranken zu helfen
Adelle and her brother Carter before the illness. (PA Real Life/ Collect) *** Devoted dad donates stem cells to a stranger in
honour of the beloved teenage daughter he lost to
blood cancer last summer
By Rikki Loftus, PA Real Life
A father-of-five has honoured the memory of the teenage daughter he lost to blood cancer
last summer by donating his stem cells to save a stranger's life.
Just 15 when she was diagnosed in March 2018, Robert Keown, 44, who is a full -time
carer for his son, Carter, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, was heartbroken when he
discovered his stem cells were not a match for his beloved girl, Adelle.
Fortunately, an anonymous donor was found and just nine months later Adelle - one of six
children including William, 25, trainee teacher Rebecca, 22, her twin brother Aaron, 18,
and Carter, 13 - was given the all clear.
Tragically, her cancer returned in March 2020 and in July, Adelle - a sixth former who had
planned to work with children with cancer - died peacefully in hospital, with her family by
her bedside, aged just 18.
Robert, whose wife Leanne, 40, can't work due to ill health, said: We all miss her so
much and have been trying to keep her legacy alive.
When I got the call that I was a match for someone, I didnt think twice.
Adelle received an anonymous donation in 2018 and it gave us another 18 m onths with
her. I hope my contribution can help another family.
Robert and Leanne's nightmare began in January 2018, when Adelle came down with
tonsillitis.
He said: At first, we didnt think anything of it. Adelle had suffered with tonsillitis on and
off all her life and she normally got better.
Doctors expected it to clear up within a few weeks but, by March, she still wasnt well.
Thats when they took her for tests.
Adelle was referred to Belfast City Hospital, where blood tests led to a devasta ting
diagnosis of acute myeloid leukaemia, a form of blood cancer.
It was actually Adelle who broke the news to me after a doctor
(c) Dukas -
DUK10141718_017
SCHICKSALE - Robert Keon hat seine Tochter an Blutkrebs verloren: Nun spendet er Stammzellen um Leukämiekranken zu helfen
Adelle. (PA Real Life/ Collect) *** Devoted dad donates stem cells to a stranger in
honour of the beloved teenage daughter he lost to
blood cancer last summer
By Rikki Loftus, PA Real Life
A father-of-five has honoured the memory of the teenage daughter he lost to blood cancer
last summer by donating his stem cells to save a stranger's life.
Just 15 when she was diagnosed in March 2018, Robert Keown, 44, who is a full -time
carer for his son, Carter, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, was heartbroken when he
discovered his stem cells were not a match for his beloved girl, Adelle.
Fortunately, an anonymous donor was found and just nine months later Adelle - one of six
children including William, 25, trainee teacher Rebecca, 22, her twin brother Aaron, 18,
and Carter, 13 - was given the all clear.
Tragically, her cancer returned in March 2020 and in July, Adelle - a sixth former who had
planned to work with children with cancer - died peacefully in hospital, with her family by
her bedside, aged just 18.
Robert, whose wife Leanne, 40, can't work due to ill health, said: We all miss her so
much and have been trying to keep her legacy alive.
When I got the call that I was a match for someone, I didnt think twice.
Adelle received an anonymous donation in 2018 and it gave us another 18 m onths with
her. I hope my contribution can help another family.
Robert and Leanne's nightmare began in January 2018, when Adelle came down with
tonsillitis.
He said: At first, we didnt think anything of it. Adelle had suffered with tonsillitis on and
off all her life and she normally got better.
Doctors expected it to clear up within a few weeks but, by March, she still wasnt well.
Thats when they took her for tests.
Adelle was referred to Belfast City Hospital, where blood tests led to a devasta ting
diagnosis of acute myeloid leukaemia, a form of blood cancer.
It was actually Adelle who broke the news to me after a doctor had sat her down to tell
her, Robert sai
(c) Dukas -
DUK10141718_003
SCHICKSALE - Robert Keon hat seine Tochter an Blutkrebs verloren: Nun spendet er Stammzellen um Leukämiekranken zu helfen
Robert donating his stem cells. (PA Real Life/ Collect) *** Devoted dad donates stem cells to a stranger in
honour of the beloved teenage daughter he lost to
blood cancer last summer
By Rikki Loftus, PA Real Life
A father-of-five has honoured the memory of the teenage daughter he lost to blood cancer
last summer by donating his stem cells to save a stranger's life.
Just 15 when she was diagnosed in March 2018, Robert Keown, 44, who is a full -time
carer for his son, Carter, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, was heartbroken when he
discovered his stem cells were not a match for his beloved girl, Adelle.
Fortunately, an anonymous donor was found and just nine months later Adelle - one of six
children including William, 25, trainee teacher Rebecca, 22, her twin brother Aaron, 18,
and Carter, 13 - was given the all clear.
Tragically, her cancer returned in March 2020 and in July, Adelle - a sixth former who had
planned to work with children with cancer - died peacefully in hospital, with her family by
her bedside, aged just 18.
Robert, whose wife Leanne, 40, can't work due to ill health, said: We all miss her so
much and have been trying to keep her legacy alive.
When I got the call that I was a match for someone, I didnt think twice.
Adelle received an anonymous donation in 2018 and it gave us another 18 m onths with
her. I hope my contribution can help another family.
Robert and Leanne's nightmare began in January 2018, when Adelle came down with
tonsillitis.
He said: At first, we didnt think anything of it. Adelle had suffered with tonsillitis on and
off all her life and she normally got better.
Doctors expected it to clear up within a few weeks but, by March, she still wasnt well.
Thats when they took her for tests.
Adelle was referred to Belfast City Hospital, where blood tests led to a devasta ting
diagnosis of acute myeloid leukaemia, a form of blood cancer.
It was actually Adelle who broke the news to me after a doctor had sat her down
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Robert and Adelle at Children in Need. (PA Real Life/ Collect) *** Devoted dad donates stem cells to a stranger in
honour of the beloved teenage daughter he lost to
blood cancer last summer
By Rikki Loftus, PA Real Life
A father-of-five has honoured the memory of the teenage daughter he lost to blood cancer
last summer by donating his stem cells to save a stranger's life.
Just 15 when she was diagnosed in March 2018, Robert Keown, 44, who is a full -time
carer for his son, Carter, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, was heartbroken when he
discovered his stem cells were not a match for his beloved girl, Adelle.
Fortunately, an anonymous donor was found and just nine months later Adelle - one of six
children including William, 25, trainee teacher Rebecca, 22, her twin brother Aaron, 18,
and Carter, 13 - was given the all clear.
Tragically, her cancer returned in March 2020 and in July, Adelle - a sixth former who had
planned to work with children with cancer - died peacefully in hospital, with her family by
her bedside, aged just 18.
Robert, whose wife Leanne, 40, can't work due to ill health, said: We all miss her so
much and have been trying to keep her legacy alive.
When I got the call that I was a match for someone, I didnt think twice.
Adelle received an anonymous donation in 2018 and it gave us another 18 m onths with
her. I hope my contribution can help another family.
Robert and Leanne's nightmare began in January 2018, when Adelle came down with
tonsillitis.
He said: At first, we didnt think anything of it. Adelle had suffered with tonsillitis on and
off all her life and she normally got better.
Doctors expected it to clear up within a few weeks but, by March, she still wasnt well.
Thats when they took her for tests.
Adelle was referred to Belfast City Hospital, where blood tests led to a devasta ting
diagnosis of acute myeloid leukaemia, a form of blood cancer.
It was actually Adelle who broke the news to me after a doctor had sat he
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Robert and Adelle. (PA Real Life/ Collect) *** Devoted dad donates stem cells to a stranger in
honour of the beloved teenage daughter he lost to
blood cancer last summer
By Rikki Loftus, PA Real Life
A father-of-five has honoured the memory of the teenage daughter he lost to blood cancer
last summer by donating his stem cells to save a stranger's life.
Just 15 when she was diagnosed in March 2018, Robert Keown, 44, who is a full -time
carer for his son, Carter, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, was heartbroken when he
discovered his stem cells were not a match for his beloved girl, Adelle.
Fortunately, an anonymous donor was found and just nine months later Adelle - one of six
children including William, 25, trainee teacher Rebecca, 22, her twin brother Aaron, 18,
and Carter, 13 - was given the all clear.
Tragically, her cancer returned in March 2020 and in July, Adelle - a sixth former who had
planned to work with children with cancer - died peacefully in hospital, with her family by
her bedside, aged just 18.
Robert, whose wife Leanne, 40, can't work due to ill health, said: We all miss her so
much and have been trying to keep her legacy alive.
When I got the call that I was a match for someone, I didnt think twice.
Adelle received an anonymous donation in 2018 and it gave us another 18 m onths with
her. I hope my contribution can help another family.
Robert and Leanne's nightmare began in January 2018, when Adelle came down with
tonsillitis.
He said: At first, we didnt think anything of it. Adelle had suffered with tonsillitis on and
off all her life and she normally got better.
Doctors expected it to clear up within a few weeks but, by March, she still wasnt well.
Thats when they took her for tests.
Adelle was referred to Belfast City Hospital, where blood tests led to a devasta ting
diagnosis of acute myeloid leukaemia, a form of blood cancer.
It was actually Adelle who broke the news to me after a doctor had sat her down to tell
her
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Robert after his transplant. (PA Real Life/ Collect) *** Devoted dad donates stem cells to a stranger in
honour of the beloved teenage daughter he lost to
blood cancer last summer
By Rikki Loftus, PA Real Life
A father-of-five has honoured the memory of the teenage daughter he lost to blood cancer
last summer by donating his stem cells to save a stranger's life.
Just 15 when she was diagnosed in March 2018, Robert Keown, 44, who is a full -time
carer for his son, Carter, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, was heartbroken when he
discovered his stem cells were not a match for his beloved girl, Adelle.
Fortunately, an anonymous donor was found and just nine months later Adelle - one of six
children including William, 25, trainee teacher Rebecca, 22, her twin brother Aaron, 18,
and Carter, 13 - was given the all clear.
Tragically, her cancer returned in March 2020 and in July, Adelle - a sixth former who had
planned to work with children with cancer - died peacefully in hospital, with her family by
her bedside, aged just 18.
Robert, whose wife Leanne, 40, can't work due to ill health, said: We all miss her so
much and have been trying to keep her legacy alive.
When I got the call that I was a match for someone, I didnt think twice.
Adelle received an anonymous donation in 2018 and it gave us another 18 m onths with
her. I hope my contribution can help another family.
Robert and Leanne's nightmare began in January 2018, when Adelle came down with
tonsillitis.
He said: At first, we didnt think anything of it. Adelle had suffered with tonsillitis on and
off all her life and she normally got better.
Doctors expected it to clear up within a few weeks but, by March, she still wasnt well.
Thats when they took her for tests.
Adelle was referred to Belfast City Hospital, where blood tests led to a devasta ting
diagnosis of acute myeloid leukaemia, a form of blood cancer.
It was actually Adelle who broke the news to me after a doctor had sat her down to
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Adelle at Children in Need. (PA Real Life/ Collect) *** Devoted dad donates stem cells to a stranger in
honour of the beloved teenage daughter he lost to
blood cancer last summer
By Rikki Loftus, PA Real Life
A father-of-five has honoured the memory of the teenage daughter he lost to blood cancer
last summer by donating his stem cells to save a stranger's life.
Just 15 when she was diagnosed in March 2018, Robert Keown, 44, who is a full -time
carer for his son, Carter, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, was heartbroken when he
discovered his stem cells were not a match for his beloved girl, Adelle.
Fortunately, an anonymous donor was found and just nine months later Adelle - one of six
children including William, 25, trainee teacher Rebecca, 22, her twin brother Aaron, 18,
and Carter, 13 - was given the all clear.
Tragically, her cancer returned in March 2020 and in July, Adelle - a sixth former who had
planned to work with children with cancer - died peacefully in hospital, with her family by
her bedside, aged just 18.
Robert, whose wife Leanne, 40, can't work due to ill health, said: We all miss her so
much and have been trying to keep her legacy alive.
When I got the call that I was a match for someone, I didnt think twice.
Adelle received an anonymous donation in 2018 and it gave us another 18 m onths with
her. I hope my contribution can help another family.
Robert and Leanne's nightmare began in January 2018, when Adelle came down with
tonsillitis.
He said: At first, we didnt think anything of it. Adelle had suffered with tonsillitis on and
off all her life and she normally got better.
Doctors expected it to clear up within a few weeks but, by March, she still wasnt well.
Thats when they took her for tests.
Adelle was referred to Belfast City Hospital, where blood tests led to a devasta ting
diagnosis of acute myeloid leukaemia, a form of blood cancer.
It was actually Adelle who broke the news to me after a doctor had sat her down to t
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Hayley, Sheldon, Daisy-May and Lily. (Collect/ PA Real Life) *** Loving mum gives her daughter a kidney for her 6th
birthday - and the brave girl faced surgery alone
By Rikki Loftus, PA Real Life
A loving mum has given her little girl a life-saving sixth birthday present - a kidney.
Hayley Crosby, 30, from Milton Keynes, was terrified for Daisy -May when her daughter's
health began to decline during lockdown.
Hayley had recently given birth to her second baby - Daisy-May's little sister, Lily - but
had no choice but to go ahead with the surgery as her husband, Sheldon, 33, was not a
donor match and the kidney sharing scheme was halted by the pandemic.
And the operation to correct Daisy-May's kidney failure went ahead on December 22, just
four days before the little girl's sixth birthday.
Hayley said: Im her mum, its my job to protect her. Im glad it was me who had the
surgery, it felt right.
We were so scared when Daisy-May was first diagnosed. We cant live without her and
all we wanted was reassurance that shed get better.
For a long time, we didnt know if that would be the case.
For Hayley, an HR advisor, and Sheldon, a mechanical engineer, their nightmare first
began on a family holiday to Portugal in June 2019, when Daisy-May was four.
Hayley said: Daisy-May was really sick, physically sick. It was so unlike her.
Usually, even when shes not well, shes still quite upbeat but she seemed very low, she
was quite poorly.
When we got home, she kept having nosebleeds which happened for quite a few months.
It wasnt normal blood either, it was very dark. That was the start of us toing and froi ng to
the doctors.
At first, doctors put it down to a viral infection or a milk allergy but further tests led the
couple to take Daisy-May to hospital.
Sheldon said: We didnt know everything at first but we went to Milton Keynes hospital.
Thats where they broke the news, our little girl had kidney failure.
The deadly condition had flown under the radar
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Daisy-May in hospital after surgery. (Collect/ PA Real Life) *** Loving mum gives her daughter a kidney for her 6th
birthday - and the brave girl faced surgery alone
By Rikki Loftus, PA Real Life
A loving mum has given her little girl a life-saving sixth birthday present - a kidney.
Hayley Crosby, 30, from Milton Keynes, was terrified for Daisy -May when her daughter's
health began to decline during lockdown.
Hayley had recently given birth to her second baby - Daisy-May's little sister, Lily - but
had no choice but to go ahead with the surgery as her husband, Sheldon, 33, was not a
donor match and the kidney sharing scheme was halted by the pandemic.
And the operation to correct Daisy-May's kidney failure went ahead on December 22, just
four days before the little girl's sixth birthday.
Hayley said: Im her mum, its my job to protect her. Im glad it was me who had the
surgery, it felt right.
We were so scared when Daisy-May was first diagnosed. We cant live without her and
all we wanted was reassurance that shed get better.
For a long time, we didnt know if that would be the case.
For Hayley, an HR advisor, and Sheldon, a mechanical engineer, their nightmare first
began on a family holiday to Portugal in June 2019, when Daisy-May was four.
Hayley said: Daisy-May was really sick, physically sick. It was so unlike her.
Usually, even when shes not well, shes still quite upbeat but she seemed very low, she
was quite poorly.
When we got home, she kept having nosebleeds which happened for quite a few months.
It wasnt normal blood either, it was very dark. That was the start of us toing and froi ng to
the doctors.
At first, doctors put it down to a viral infection or a milk allergy but further tests led the
couple to take Daisy-May to hospital.
Sheldon said: We didnt know everything at first but we went to Milton Keynes hospital.
Thats where they broke the news, our little girl had kidney failure.
The deadly condition had flown under the radar
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Hayley, Sheldon and their children Daisy-May and Lily. (PA Real Life/ Ayelle Photo & Video) *** Loving mum gives her daughter a kidney for her 6th
birthday - and the brave girl faced surgery alone
By Rikki Loftus, PA Real Life
A loving mum has given her little girl a life-saving sixth birthday present - a kidney.
Hayley Crosby, 30, from Milton Keynes, was terrified for Daisy -May when her daughter's
health began to decline during lockdown.
Hayley had recently given birth to her second baby - Daisy-May's little sister, Lily - but
had no choice but to go ahead with the surgery as her husband, Sheldon, 33, was not a
donor match and the kidney sharing scheme was halted by the pandemic.
And the operation to correct Daisy-May's kidney failure went ahead on December 22, just
four days before the little girl's sixth birthday.
Hayley said: Im her mum, its my job to protect her. Im glad it was me who had the
surgery, it felt right.
We were so scared when Daisy-May was first diagnosed. We cant live without her and
all we wanted was reassurance that shed get better.
For a long time, we didnt know if that would be the case.
For Hayley, an HR advisor, and Sheldon, a mechanical engineer, their nightmare first
began on a family holiday to Portugal in June 2019, when Daisy-May was four.
Hayley said: Daisy-May was really sick, physically sick. It was so unlike her.
Usually, even when shes not well, shes still quite upbeat but she seemed very low, she
was quite poorly.
When we got home, she kept having nosebleeds which happened for quite a few months.
It wasnt normal blood either, it was very dark. That was the start of us toing and froi ng to
the doctors.
At first, doctors put it down to a viral infection or a milk allergy but further tests led the
couple to take Daisy-May to hospital.
Sheldon said: We didnt know everything at first but we went to Milton Keynes hospital.
Thats where they broke the news, our little girl had kidney failure.
The deadly cond
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Hayley, Sheldon and their children Daisy-May and Lily. (PA Real Life/ Ayelle Photo & Video) *** Loving mum gives her daughter a kidney for her 6th
birthday - and the brave girl faced surgery alone
By Rikki Loftus, PA Real Life
A loving mum has given her little girl a life-saving sixth birthday present - a kidney.
Hayley Crosby, 30, from Milton Keynes, was terrified for Daisy -May when her daughter's
health began to decline during lockdown.
Hayley had recently given birth to her second baby - Daisy-May's little sister, Lily - but
had no choice but to go ahead with the surgery as her husband, Sheldon, 33, was not a
donor match and the kidney sharing scheme was halted by the pandemic.
And the operation to correct Daisy-May's kidney failure went ahead on December 22, just
four days before the little girl's sixth birthday.
Hayley said: Im her mum, its my job to protect her. Im glad it was me who had the
surgery, it felt right.
We were so scared when Daisy-May was first diagnosed. We cant live without her and
all we wanted was reassurance that shed get better.
For a long time, we didnt know if that would be the case.
For Hayley, an HR advisor, and Sheldon, a mechanical engineer, their nightmare first
began on a family holiday to Portugal in June 2019, when Daisy-May was four.
Hayley said: Daisy-May was really sick, physically sick. It was so unlike her.
Usually, even when shes not well, shes still quite upbeat but she seemed very low, she
was quite poorly.
When we got home, she kept having nosebleeds which happened for quite a few months.
It wasnt normal blood either, it was very dark. That was the start of us toing and froi ng to
the doctors.
At first, doctors put it down to a viral infection or a milk allergy but further tests led the
couple to take Daisy-May to hospital.
Sheldon said: We didnt know everything at first but we went to Milton Keynes hospital.
Thats where they broke the news, our little girl had kidney failure.
The deadly cond
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Hayley and Daisy-May (Collect/ PA Real Life) *** Loving mum gives her daughter a kidney for her 6th
birthday - and the brave girl faced surgery alone
By Rikki Loftus, PA Real Life
A loving mum has given her little girl a life-saving sixth birthday present - a kidney.
Hayley Crosby, 30, from Milton Keynes, was terrified for Daisy -May when her daughter's
health began to decline during lockdown.
Hayley had recently given birth to her second baby - Daisy-May's little sister, Lily - but
had no choice but to go ahead with the surgery as her husband, Sheldon, 33, was not a
donor match and the kidney sharing scheme was halted by the pandemic.
And the operation to correct Daisy-May's kidney failure went ahead on December 22, just
four days before the little girl's sixth birthday.
Hayley said: Im her mum, its my job to protect her. Im glad it was me who had the
surgery, it felt right.
We were so scared when Daisy-May was first diagnosed. We cant live without her and
all we wanted was reassurance that shed get better.
For a long time, we didnt know if that would be the case.
For Hayley, an HR advisor, and Sheldon, a mechanical engineer, their nightmare first
began on a family holiday to Portugal in June 2019, when Daisy-May was four.
Hayley said: Daisy-May was really sick, physically sick. It was so unlike her.
Usually, even when shes not well, shes still quite upbeat but she seemed very low, she
was quite poorly.
When we got home, she kept having nosebleeds which happened for quite a few months.
It wasnt normal blood either, it was very dark. That was the start of us toing and froi ng to
the doctors.
At first, doctors put it down to a viral infection or a milk allergy but further tests led the
couple to take Daisy-May to hospital.
Sheldon said: We didnt know everything at first but we went to Milton Keynes hospital.
Thats where they broke the news, our little girl had kidney failure.
The deadly condition had flown under the radar but Hayley beli
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Daisy-May in hospital. (Collect/ PA Real Life) *** Loving mum gives her daughter a kidney for her 6th
birthday - and the brave girl faced surgery alone
By Rikki Loftus, PA Real Life
A loving mum has given her little girl a life-saving sixth birthday present - a kidney.
Hayley Crosby, 30, from Milton Keynes, was terrified for Daisy -May when her daughter's
health began to decline during lockdown.
Hayley had recently given birth to her second baby - Daisy-May's little sister, Lily - but
had no choice but to go ahead with the surgery as her husband, Sheldon, 33, was not a
donor match and the kidney sharing scheme was halted by the pandemic.
And the operation to correct Daisy-May's kidney failure went ahead on December 22, just
four days before the little girl's sixth birthday.
Hayley said: Im her mum, its my job to protect her. Im glad it was me who had the
surgery, it felt right.
We were so scared when Daisy-May was first diagnosed. We cant live without her and
all we wanted was reassurance that shed get better.
For a long time, we didnt know if that would be the case.
For Hayley, an HR advisor, and Sheldon, a mechanical engineer, their nightmare first
began on a family holiday to Portugal in June 2019, when Daisy-May was four.
Hayley said: Daisy-May was really sick, physically sick. It was so unlike her.
Usually, even when shes not well, shes still quite upbeat but she seemed very low, she
was quite poorly.
When we got home, she kept having nosebleeds which happened for quite a few months.
It wasnt normal blood either, it was very dark. That was the start of us toing and froi ng to
the doctors.
At first, doctors put it down to a viral infection or a milk allergy but further tests led the
couple to take Daisy-May to hospital.
Sheldon said: We didnt know everything at first but we went to Milton Keynes hospital.
Thats where they broke the news, our little girl had kidney failure.
The deadly condition had flown under the radar but Hayley be
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Daisy-May and Hayley after their transplant surgeries. (Collect/ PA Real Life) *** Loving mum gives her daughter a kidney for her 6th
birthday - and the brave girl faced surgery alone
By Rikki Loftus, PA Real Life
A loving mum has given her little girl a life-saving sixth birthday present - a kidney.
Hayley Crosby, 30, from Milton Keynes, was terrified for Daisy -May when her daughter's
health began to decline during lockdown.
Hayley had recently given birth to her second baby - Daisy-May's little sister, Lily - but
had no choice but to go ahead with the surgery as her husband, Sheldon, 33, was not a
donor match and the kidney sharing scheme was halted by the pandemic.
And the operation to correct Daisy-May's kidney failure went ahead on December 22, just
four days before the little girl's sixth birthday.
Hayley said: Im her mum, its my job to protect her. Im glad it was me who had the
surgery, it felt right.
We were so scared when Daisy-May was first diagnosed. We cant live without her and
all we wanted was reassurance that shed get better.
For a long time, we didnt know if that would be the case.
For Hayley, an HR advisor, and Sheldon, a mechanical engineer, their nightmare first
began on a family holiday to Portugal in June 2019, when Daisy-May was four.
Hayley said: Daisy-May was really sick, physically sick. It was so unlike her.
Usually, even when shes not well, shes still quite upbeat but she seemed very low, she
was quite poorly.
When we got home, she kept having nosebleeds which happened for quite a few months.
It wasnt normal blood either, it was very dark. That was the start of us toing and froi ng to
the doctors.
At first, doctors put it down to a viral infection or a milk allergy but further tests led the
couple to take Daisy-May to hospital.
Sheldon said: We didnt know everything at first but we went to Milton Keynes hospital.
Thats where they broke the news, our little girl had kidney failure.
The deadly condition had flo
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Hayley and Sheldon with Daisy-May. (Collect/ PA Real Life) *** Loving mum gives her daughter a kidney for her 6th
birthday - and the brave girl faced surgery alone
By Rikki Loftus, PA Real Life
A loving mum has given her little girl a life-saving sixth birthday present - a kidney.
Hayley Crosby, 30, from Milton Keynes, was terrified for Daisy -May when her daughter's
health began to decline during lockdown.
Hayley had recently given birth to her second baby - Daisy-May's little sister, Lily - but
had no choice but to go ahead with the surgery as her husband, Sheldon, 33, was not a
donor match and the kidney sharing scheme was halted by the pandemic.
And the operation to correct Daisy-May's kidney failure went ahead on December 22, just
four days before the little girl's sixth birthday.
Hayley said: Im her mum, its my job to protect her. Im glad it was me who had the
surgery, it felt right.
We were so scared when Daisy-May was first diagnosed. We cant live without her and
all we wanted was reassurance that shed get better.
For a long time, we didnt know if that would be the case.
For Hayley, an HR advisor, and Sheldon, a mechanical engineer, their nightmare first
began on a family holiday to Portugal in June 2019, when Daisy-May was four.
Hayley said: Daisy-May was really sick, physically sick. It was so unlike her.
Usually, even when shes not well, shes still quite upbeat but she seemed very low, she
was quite poorly.
When we got home, she kept having nosebleeds which happened for quite a few months.
It wasnt normal blood either, it was very dark. That was the start of us toing and froi ng to
the doctors.
At first, doctors put it down to a viral infection or a milk allergy but further tests led the
couple to take Daisy-May to hospital.
Sheldon said: We didnt know everything at first but we went to Milton Keynes hospital.
Thats where they broke the news, our little girl had kidney failure.
The deadly condition had flown under the radar b
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Daisy-May with little sister Lily. (Collect/ PA Real Life) *** Loving mum gives her daughter a kidney for her 6th
birthday - and the brave girl faced surgery alone
By Rikki Loftus, PA Real Life
A loving mum has given her little girl a life-saving sixth birthday present - a kidney.
Hayley Crosby, 30, from Milton Keynes, was terrified for Daisy -May when her daughter's
health began to decline during lockdown.
Hayley had recently given birth to her second baby - Daisy-May's little sister, Lily - but
had no choice but to go ahead with the surgery as her husband, Sheldon, 33, was not a
donor match and the kidney sharing scheme was halted by the pandemic.
And the operation to correct Daisy-May's kidney failure went ahead on December 22, just
four days before the little girl's sixth birthday.
Hayley said: Im her mum, its my job to protect her. Im glad it was me who had the
surgery, it felt right.
We were so scared when Daisy-May was first diagnosed. We cant live without her and
all we wanted was reassurance that shed get better.
For a long time, we didnt know if that would be the case.
For Hayley, an HR advisor, and Sheldon, a mechanical engineer, their nightmare first
began on a family holiday to Portugal in June 2019, when Daisy-May was four.
Hayley said: Daisy-May was really sick, physically sick. It was so unlike her.
Usually, even when shes not well, shes still quite upbeat but she seemed very low, she
was quite poorly.
When we got home, she kept having nosebleeds which happened for quite a few months.
It wasnt normal blood either, it was very dark. That was the start of us toing and froi ng to
the doctors.
At first, doctors put it down to a viral infection or a milk allergy but further tests led the
couple to take Daisy-May to hospital.
Sheldon said: We didnt know everything at first but we went to Milton Keynes hospital.
Thats where they broke the news, our little girl had kidney failure.
The deadly condition had flown under the radar b
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Alfie Kelly and Hollie Barr (PA Real Life/ Collect) *** Bookie who donated a kidney to save his grandson
tells of their touching bond as both are set to be
fighting fit for Christmas
By Anders Anglesey, PA Real Life
A bookie who donated a kidney to his ailing grandson after discovering he was a near
perfect match told how they are both odds on to be fighting fit for Christmas.
Suffering with stage five chronic kidney disease, four-year-old Alfie Kelly was just a week
old when doctors first told his parents Hollie Barr, 23, and construction worker Darrel
Kelly, 26, that his kidneys were defective.
Since then, Hollie, who is his carer, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, has watched the son she
loves endure dialysis to wash his blood up to three times a week, whilst being told by
medics his only real hope was a transplant.
When the family were all tested to see if they were matches in January this year, only his
granddad Sean Barr, 49, was "close to perfect," according to Hollie, who said: "My
dad immediately stepped up to donate a kidney and said, 'It is my purpose on Earth to
help my grandson."
Hollie, who gave birth to Alfie, her only child, in Royal Jubilee Maternity Hospital on
September 9, 2016 weighing 7lbs9oz and seemingly healthy, said she sensed something
was wrong while she was pregnant.
She said: "Because I was a first-time mum I thought that feeling might be normal during
pregnancy. It was a constant worrying feeling. Somehow, I just knew.
"Even when Alfie was born, I still had that feeling that something was wrong."
Sadly, when her son was a week old, Hollie's feelings of doom proved justified, as he
went "blue and floppy" and appeared to drift in and out of consciousness - prompting her
mum, Maria Barr, 52, to call 999 and give him CPR while they waited for an ambulance.
Blue-lighted to the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, tests confirmed that Alfie's
kidneys had not developed properly.
His parents were told he was serio
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Hollie Barr, Alfie Kelly and Darrel Kelly (PA Real Life/ Collect) *** Bookie who donated a kidney to save his grandson
tells of their touching bond as both are set to be
fighting fit for Christmas
By Anders Anglesey, PA Real Life
A bookie who donated a kidney to his ailing grandson after discovering he was a near
perfect match told how they are both odds on to be fighting fit for Christmas.
Suffering with stage five chronic kidney disease, four-year-old Alfie Kelly was just a week
old when doctors first told his parents Hollie Barr, 23, and construction worker Darrel
Kelly, 26, that his kidneys were defective.
Since then, Hollie, who is his carer, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, has watched the son she
loves endure dialysis to wash his blood up to three times a week, whilst being told by
medics his only real hope was a transplant.
When the family were all tested to see if they were matches in January this year, only his
granddad Sean Barr, 49, was "close to perfect," according to Hollie, who said: "My
dad immediately stepped up to donate a kidney and said, 'It is my purpose on Earth to
help my grandson."
Hollie, who gave birth to Alfie, her only child, in Royal Jubilee Maternity Hospital on
September 9, 2016 weighing 7lbs9oz and seemingly healthy, said she sensed something
was wrong while she was pregnant.
She said: "Because I was a first-time mum I thought that feeling might be normal during
pregnancy. It was a constant worrying feeling. Somehow, I just knew.
"Even when Alfie was born, I still had that feeling that something was wrong."
Sadly, when her son was a week old, Hollie's feelings of doom proved justified, as he
went "blue and floppy" and appeared to drift in and out of consciousness - prompting her
mum, Maria Barr, 52, to call 999 and give him CPR while they waited for an ambulance.
Blue-lighted to the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, tests confirmed that Alfie's
kidneys had not developed properly.
His parents were tol
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Hollie Barr and Alfie Kelly in hospital (PA Real Life/ Collect) *** Bookie who donated a kidney to save his grandson
tells of their touching bond as both are set to be
fighting fit for Christmas
By Anders Anglesey, PA Real Life
A bookie who donated a kidney to his ailing grandson after discovering he was a near
perfect match told how they are both odds on to be fighting fit for Christmas.
Suffering with stage five chronic kidney disease, four-year-old Alfie Kelly was just a week
old when doctors first told his parents Hollie Barr, 23, and construction worker Darrel
Kelly, 26, that his kidneys were defective.
Since then, Hollie, who is his carer, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, has watched the son she
loves endure dialysis to wash his blood up to three times a week, whilst being told by
medics his only real hope was a transplant.
When the family were all tested to see if they were matches in January this year, only his
granddad Sean Barr, 49, was "close to perfect," according to Hollie, who said: "My
dad immediately stepped up to donate a kidney and said, 'It is my purpose on Earth to
help my grandson."
Hollie, who gave birth to Alfie, her only child, in Royal Jubilee Maternity Hospital on
September 9, 2016 weighing 7lbs9oz and seemingly healthy, said she sensed something
was wrong while she was pregnant.
She said: "Because I was a first-time mum I thought that feeling might be normal during
pregnancy. It was a constant worrying feeling. Somehow, I just knew.
"Even when Alfie was born, I still had that feeling that something was wrong."
Sadly, when her son was a week old, Hollie's feelings of doom proved justified, as he
went "blue and floppy" and appeared to drift in and out of consciousness - prompting her
mum, Maria Barr, 52, to call 999 and give him CPR while they waited for an ambulance.
Blue-lighted to the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, tests confirmed that Alfie's
kidneys had not developed properly.
His parents were told
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Hollie Barr, Alfie Kelly and Darrel Kelly (PA Real Life/ Collect) *** Bookie who donated a kidney to save his grandson
tells of their touching bond as both are set to be
fighting fit for Christmas
By Anders Anglesey, PA Real Life
A bookie who donated a kidney to his ailing grandson after discovering he was a near
perfect match told how they are both odds on to be fighting fit for Christmas.
Suffering with stage five chronic kidney disease, four-year-old Alfie Kelly was just a week
old when doctors first told his parents Hollie Barr, 23, and construction worker Darrel
Kelly, 26, that his kidneys were defective.
Since then, Hollie, who is his carer, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, has watched the son she
loves endure dialysis to wash his blood up to three times a week, whilst being told by
medics his only real hope was a transplant.
When the family were all tested to see if they were matches in January this year, only his
granddad Sean Barr, 49, was "close to perfect," according to Hollie, who said: "My
dad immediately stepped up to donate a kidney and said, 'It is my purpose on Earth to
help my grandson."
Hollie, who gave birth to Alfie, her only child, in Royal Jubilee Maternity Hospital on
September 9, 2016 weighing 7lbs9oz and seemingly healthy, said she sensed something
was wrong while she was pregnant.
She said: "Because I was a first-time mum I thought that feeling might be normal during
pregnancy. It was a constant worrying feeling. Somehow, I just knew.
"Even when Alfie was born, I still had that feeling that something was wrong."
Sadly, when her son was a week old, Hollie's feelings of doom proved justified, as he
went "blue and floppy" and appeared to drift in and out of consciousness - prompting her
mum, Maria Barr, 52, to call 999 and give him CPR while they waited for an ambulance.
Blue-lighted to the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, tests confirmed that Alfie's
kidneys had not developed properly.
His parents were tol
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Hollie Barr and Alfie Kelly (PA Real Life/ Collect) *** Bookie who donated a kidney to save his grandson
tells of their touching bond as both are set to be
fighting fit for Christmas
By Anders Anglesey, PA Real Life
A bookie who donated a kidney to his ailing grandson after discovering he was a near
perfect match told how they are both odds on to be fighting fit for Christmas.
Suffering with stage five chronic kidney disease, four-year-old Alfie Kelly was just a week
old when doctors first told his parents Hollie Barr, 23, and construction worker Darrel
Kelly, 26, that his kidneys were defective.
Since then, Hollie, who is his carer, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, has watched the son she
loves endure dialysis to wash his blood up to three times a week, whilst being told by
medics his only real hope was a transplant.
When the family were all tested to see if they were matches in January this year, only his
granddad Sean Barr, 49, was "close to perfect," according to Hollie, who said: "My
dad immediately stepped up to donate a kidney and said, 'It is my purpose on Earth to
help my grandson."
Hollie, who gave birth to Alfie, her only child, in Royal Jubilee Maternity Hospital on
September 9, 2016 weighing 7lbs9oz and seemingly healthy, said she sensed something
was wrong while she was pregnant.
She said: "Because I was a first-time mum I thought that feeling might be normal during
pregnancy. It was a constant worrying feeling. Somehow, I just knew.
"Even when Alfie was born, I still had that feeling that something was wrong."
Sadly, when her son was a week old, Hollie's feelings of doom proved justified, as he
went "blue and floppy" and appeared to drift in and out of consciousness - prompting her
mum, Maria Barr, 52, to call 999 and give him CPR while they waited for an ambulance.
Blue-lighted to the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, tests confirmed that Alfie's
kidneys had not developed properly.
His parents were told he was serio
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Alfie Kelly with mum Hollie Barr (PA Real Life/ Collect) *** Bookie who donated a kidney to save his grandson
tells of their touching bond as both are set to be
fighting fit for Christmas
By Anders Anglesey, PA Real Life
A bookie who donated a kidney to his ailing grandson after discovering he was a near
perfect match told how they are both odds on to be fighting fit for Christmas.
Suffering with stage five chronic kidney disease, four-year-old Alfie Kelly was just a week
old when doctors first told his parents Hollie Barr, 23, and construction worker Darrel
Kelly, 26, that his kidneys were defective.
Since then, Hollie, who is his carer, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, has watched the son she
loves endure dialysis to wash his blood up to three times a week, whilst being told by
medics his only real hope was a transplant.
When the family were all tested to see if they were matches in January this year, only his
granddad Sean Barr, 49, was "close to perfect," according to Hollie, who said: "My
dad immediately stepped up to donate a kidney and said, 'It is my purpose on Earth to
help my grandson."
Hollie, who gave birth to Alfie, her only child, in Royal Jubilee Maternity Hospital on
September 9, 2016 weighing 7lbs9oz and seemingly healthy, said she sensed something
was wrong while she was pregnant.
She said: "Because I was a first-time mum I thought that feeling might be normal during
pregnancy. It was a constant worrying feeling. Somehow, I just knew.
"Even when Alfie was born, I still had that feeling that something was wrong."
Sadly, when her son was a week old, Hollie's feelings of doom proved justified, as he
went "blue and floppy" and appeared to drift in and out of consciousness - prompting her
mum, Maria Barr, 52, to call 999 and give him CPR while they waited for an ambulance.
Blue-lighted to the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, tests confirmed that Alfie's
kidneys had not developed properly.
His parents were told he was
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Sean Barr with Alfie Kelly (PA Real Life/ Collect) *** Bookie who donated a kidney to save his grandson
tells of their touching bond as both are set to be
fighting fit for Christmas
By Anders Anglesey, PA Real Life
A bookie who donated a kidney to his ailing grandson after discovering he was a near
perfect match told how they are both odds on to be fighting fit for Christmas.
Suffering with stage five chronic kidney disease, four-year-old Alfie Kelly was just a week
old when doctors first told his parents Hollie Barr, 23, and construction worker Darrel
Kelly, 26, that his kidneys were defective.
Since then, Hollie, who is his carer, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, has watched the son she
loves endure dialysis to wash his blood up to three times a week, whilst being told by
medics his only real hope was a transplant.
When the family were all tested to see if they were matches in January this year, only his
granddad Sean Barr, 49, was "close to perfect," according to Hollie, who said: "My
dad immediately stepped up to donate a kidney and said, 'It is my purpose on Earth to
help my grandson."
Hollie, who gave birth to Alfie, her only child, in Royal Jubilee Maternity Hospital on
September 9, 2016 weighing 7lbs9oz and seemingly healthy, said she sensed something
was wrong while she was pregnant.
She said: "Because I was a first-time mum I thought that feeling might be normal during
pregnancy. It was a constant worrying feeling. Somehow, I just knew.
"Even when Alfie was born, I still had that feeling that something was wrong."
Sadly, when her son was a week old, Hollie's feelings of doom proved justified, as he
went "blue and floppy" and appeared to drift in and out of consciousness - prompting her
mum, Maria Barr, 52, to call 999 and give him CPR while they waited for an ambulance.
Blue-lighted to the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, tests confirmed that Alfie's
kidneys had not developed properly.
His parents were told he was serio
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Hollie Barr and Alfie Kelly in Hospital (PA Real Life/ Collect) *** Bookie who donated a kidney to save his grandson
tells of their touching bond as both are set to be
fighting fit for Christmas
By Anders Anglesey, PA Real Life
A bookie who donated a kidney to his ailing grandson after discovering he was a near
perfect match told how they are both odds on to be fighting fit for Christmas.
Suffering with stage five chronic kidney disease, four-year-old Alfie Kelly was just a week
old when doctors first told his parents Hollie Barr, 23, and construction worker Darrel
Kelly, 26, that his kidneys were defective.
Since then, Hollie, who is his carer, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, has watched the son she
loves endure dialysis to wash his blood up to three times a week, whilst being told by
medics his only real hope was a transplant.
When the family were all tested to see if they were matches in January this year, only his
granddad Sean Barr, 49, was "close to perfect," according to Hollie, who said: "My
dad immediately stepped up to donate a kidney and said, 'It is my purpose on Earth to
help my grandson."
Hollie, who gave birth to Alfie, her only child, in Royal Jubilee Maternity Hospital on
September 9, 2016 weighing 7lbs9oz and seemingly healthy, said she sensed something
was wrong while she was pregnant.
She said: "Because I was a first-time mum I thought that feeling might be normal during
pregnancy. It was a constant worrying feeling. Somehow, I just knew.
"Even when Alfie was born, I still had that feeling that something was wrong."
Sadly, when her son was a week old, Hollie's feelings of doom proved justified, as he
went "blue and floppy" and appeared to drift in and out of consciousness - prompting her
mum, Maria Barr, 52, to call 999 and give him CPR while they waited for an ambulance.
Blue-lighted to the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, tests confirmed that Alfie's
kidneys had not developed properly.
His parents were told
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Alfie Kelly and Sean Barr (PA Real Life/ Collect) *** Bookie who donated a kidney to save his grandson
tells of their touching bond as both are set to be
fighting fit for Christmas
By Anders Anglesey, PA Real Life
A bookie who donated a kidney to his ailing grandson after discovering he was a near
perfect match told how they are both odds on to be fighting fit for Christmas.
Suffering with stage five chronic kidney disease, four-year-old Alfie Kelly was just a week
old when doctors first told his parents Hollie Barr, 23, and construction worker Darrel
Kelly, 26, that his kidneys were defective.
Since then, Hollie, who is his carer, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, has watched the son she
loves endure dialysis to wash his blood up to three times a week, whilst being told by
medics his only real hope was a transplant.
When the family were all tested to see if they were matches in January this year, only his
granddad Sean Barr, 49, was "close to perfect," according to Hollie, who said: "My
dad immediately stepped up to donate a kidney and said, 'It is my purpose on Earth to
help my grandson."
Hollie, who gave birth to Alfie, her only child, in Royal Jubilee Maternity Hospital on
September 9, 2016 weighing 7lbs9oz and seemingly healthy, said she sensed something
was wrong while she was pregnant.
She said: "Because I was a first-time mum I thought that feeling might be normal during
pregnancy. It was a constant worrying feeling. Somehow, I just knew.
"Even when Alfie was born, I still had that feeling that something was wrong."
Sadly, when her son was a week old, Hollie's feelings of doom proved justified, as he
went "blue and floppy" and appeared to drift in and out of consciousness - prompting her
mum, Maria Barr, 52, to call 999 and give him CPR while they waited for an ambulance.
Blue-lighted to the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, tests confirmed that Alfie's
kidneys had not developed properly.
His parents were told he was seriou
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Sean Barr and Alfie Kelly (PA Real Life/ Collect) *** Bookie who donated a kidney to save his grandson
tells of their touching bond as both are set to be
fighting fit for Christmas
By Anders Anglesey, PA Real Life
A bookie who donated a kidney to his ailing grandson after discovering he was a near
perfect match told how they are both odds on to be fighting fit for Christmas.
Suffering with stage five chronic kidney disease, four-year-old Alfie Kelly was just a week
old when doctors first told his parents Hollie Barr, 23, and construction worker Darrel
Kelly, 26, that his kidneys were defective.
Since then, Hollie, who is his carer, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, has watched the son she
loves endure dialysis to wash his blood up to three times a week, whilst being told by
medics his only real hope was a transplant.
When the family were all tested to see if they were matches in January this year, only his
granddad Sean Barr, 49, was "close to perfect," according to Hollie, who said: "My
dad immediately stepped up to donate a kidney and said, 'It is my purpose on Earth to
help my grandson."
Hollie, who gave birth to Alfie, her only child, in Royal Jubilee Maternity Hospital on
September 9, 2016 weighing 7lbs9oz and seemingly healthy, said she sensed something
was wrong while she was pregnant.
She said: "Because I was a first-time mum I thought that feeling might be normal during
pregnancy. It was a constant worrying feeling. Somehow, I just knew.
"Even when Alfie was born, I still had that feeling that something was wrong."
Sadly, when her son was a week old, Hollie's feelings of doom proved justified, as he
went "blue and floppy" and appeared to drift in and out of consciousness - prompting her
mum, Maria Barr, 52, to call 999 and give him CPR while they waited for an ambulance.
Blue-lighted to the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, tests confirmed that Alfie's
kidneys had not developed properly.
His parents were told he was seriou
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Sean Barr and Alfie Kelly (PA Real Life/ Collect) *** Bookie who donated a kidney to save his grandson
tells of their touching bond as both are set to be
fighting fit for Christmas
By Anders Anglesey, PA Real Life
A bookie who donated a kidney to his ailing grandson after discovering he was a near
perfect match told how they are both odds on to be fighting fit for Christmas.
Suffering with stage five chronic kidney disease, four-year-old Alfie Kelly was just a week
old when doctors first told his parents Hollie Barr, 23, and construction worker Darrel
Kelly, 26, that his kidneys were defective.
Since then, Hollie, who is his carer, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, has watched the son she
loves endure dialysis to wash his blood up to three times a week, whilst being told by
medics his only real hope was a transplant.
When the family were all tested to see if they were matches in January this year, only his
granddad Sean Barr, 49, was "close to perfect," according to Hollie, who said: "My
dad immediately stepped up to donate a kidney and said, 'It is my purpose on Earth to
help my grandson."
Hollie, who gave birth to Alfie, her only child, in Royal Jubilee Maternity Hospital on
September 9, 2016 weighing 7lbs9oz and seemingly healthy, said she sensed something
was wrong while she was pregnant.
She said: "Because I was a first-time mum I thought that feeling might be normal during
pregnancy. It was a constant worrying feeling. Somehow, I just knew.
"Even when Alfie was born, I still had that feeling that something was wrong."
Sadly, when her son was a week old, Hollie's feelings of doom proved justified, as he
went "blue and floppy" and appeared to drift in and out of consciousness - prompting her
mum, Maria Barr, 52, to call 999 and give him CPR while they waited for an ambulance.
Blue-lighted to the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, tests confirmed that Alfie's
kidneys had not developed properly.
His parents were told he was seriou
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Hollie Barr and Alfie Kelly (PA Real Life/ Collect) *** Bookie who donated a kidney to save his grandson
tells of their touching bond as both are set to be
fighting fit for Christmas
By Anders Anglesey, PA Real Life
A bookie who donated a kidney to his ailing grandson after discovering he was a near
perfect match told how they are both odds on to be fighting fit for Christmas.
Suffering with stage five chronic kidney disease, four-year-old Alfie Kelly was just a week
old when doctors first told his parents Hollie Barr, 23, and construction worker Darrel
Kelly, 26, that his kidneys were defective.
Since then, Hollie, who is his carer, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, has watched the son she
loves endure dialysis to wash his blood up to three times a week, whilst being told by
medics his only real hope was a transplant.
When the family were all tested to see if they were matches in January this year, only his
granddad Sean Barr, 49, was "close to perfect," according to Hollie, who said: "My
dad immediately stepped up to donate a kidney and said, 'It is my purpose on Earth to
help my grandson."
Hollie, who gave birth to Alfie, her only child, in Royal Jubilee Maternity Hospital on
September 9, 2016 weighing 7lbs9oz and seemingly healthy, said she sensed something
was wrong while she was pregnant.
She said: "Because I was a first-time mum I thought that feeling might be normal during
pregnancy. It was a constant worrying feeling. Somehow, I just knew.
"Even when Alfie was born, I still had that feeling that something was wrong."
Sadly, when her son was a week old, Hollie's feelings of doom proved justified, as he
went "blue and floppy" and appeared to drift in and out of consciousness - prompting her
mum, Maria Barr, 52, to call 999 and give him CPR while they waited for an ambulance.
Blue-lighted to the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, tests confirmed that Alfie's
kidneys had not developed properly.
His parents were told he was serio
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Sean Barr and Alfie Kelly (PA Real Life/ Collect) *** Bookie who donated a kidney to save his grandson
tells of their touching bond as both are set to be
fighting fit for Christmas
By Anders Anglesey, PA Real Life
A bookie who donated a kidney to his ailing grandson after discovering he was a near
perfect match told how they are both odds on to be fighting fit for Christmas.
Suffering with stage five chronic kidney disease, four-year-old Alfie Kelly was just a week
old when doctors first told his parents Hollie Barr, 23, and construction worker Darrel
Kelly, 26, that his kidneys were defective.
Since then, Hollie, who is his carer, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, has watched the son she
loves endure dialysis to wash his blood up to three times a week, whilst being told by
medics his only real hope was a transplant.
When the family were all tested to see if they were matches in January this year, only his
granddad Sean Barr, 49, was "close to perfect," according to Hollie, who said: "My
dad immediately stepped up to donate a kidney and said, 'It is my purpose on Earth to
help my grandson."
Hollie, who gave birth to Alfie, her only child, in Royal Jubilee Maternity Hospital on
September 9, 2016 weighing 7lbs9oz and seemingly healthy, said she sensed something
was wrong while she was pregnant.
She said: "Because I was a first-time mum I thought that feeling might be normal during
pregnancy. It was a constant worrying feeling. Somehow, I just knew.
"Even when Alfie was born, I still had that feeling that something was wrong."
Sadly, when her son was a week old, Hollie's feelings of doom proved justified, as he
went "blue and floppy" and appeared to drift in and out of consciousness - prompting her
mum, Maria Barr, 52, to call 999 and give him CPR while they waited for an ambulance.
Blue-lighted to the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, tests confirmed that Alfie's
kidneys had not developed properly.
His parents were told he was seriou
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Laura and Andy (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Two dads who got chatting at the school gates
become best friends after one saves the others life
by donating a kidney
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
Two dads who did the nursery run together have become best friends after one gave the
other the gift of life by donating a kidney.
Keen gym goer Mark Wilson, 35, had just become a second-time father and was busy
planning a family holiday to Orlando, Florida, USA, with his wife, marketing executive
Victoria, 32, and children, Emilie, five, and Lucas, one.
But his world came crashing down in April 2019, when a routine medical check through
his work in an accident and repair shop round his blood pressure to be sky high.
An ideal level is between 90/60mmHg and 120/80mmHg with the first number referring
to the amount of pressure in the arteries when the heart contracts, and the second the
blood pressure between beats - but his reading was 196/115mmHg.
Mark, of Gourock, near Glasgow, Scotland, went to his GP, who urged him to go straight
to hospital, where tests showed that he had stage five kidney disease.
He was told he would need a transplant, but with family members unable to donate, he
feared time was running out until help arrived in the form of Andy McCall, 32, a fellow
dad who knew him from the school run.
Mark, who had the operation on Valentines Day, said: When Andy offered, I couldnt
believe it. At that point, he was pretty much a complete stranger.
When my family and I heard that he was a match, we burst into tears - even the kidney
co-ordinator was crying.
It felt like our paths had been meant to cross. He knows Ill never be able to repay him.
He has saved my life.
Working out three times a week, Mark seemed perfectly healthy.
In October 2018, he noticed he was feeling tired, but put it down to having a newborn,
Lucas.
Then, after a routine check-up found his blood pressure to be worryingly high, he visited
his GP, who performed a bloo
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Andy and Laura with Lily and Lewis (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Two dads who got chatting at the school gates
become best friends after one saves the others life
by donating a kidney
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
Two dads who did the nursery run together have become best friends after one gave the
other the gift of life by donating a kidney.
Keen gym goer Mark Wilson, 35, had just become a second-time father and was busy
planning a family holiday to Orlando, Florida, USA, with his wife, marketing executive
Victoria, 32, and children, Emilie, five, and Lucas, one.
But his world came crashing down in April 2019, when a routine medical check through
his work in an accident and repair shop round his blood pressure to be sky high.
An ideal level is between 90/60mmHg and 120/80mmHg with the first number referring
to the amount of pressure in the arteries when the heart contracts, and the second the
blood pressure between beats - but his reading was 196/115mmHg.
Mark, of Gourock, near Glasgow, Scotland, went to his GP, who urged him to go straight
to hospital, where tests showed that he had stage five kidney disease.
He was told he would need a transplant, but with family members unable to donate, he
feared time was running out until help arrived in the form of Andy McCall, 32, a fellow
dad who knew him from the school run.
Mark, who had the operation on Valentines Day, said: When Andy offered, I couldnt
believe it. At that point, he was pretty much a complete stranger.
When my family and I heard that he was a match, we burst into tears - even the kidney
co-ordinator was crying.
It felt like our paths had been meant to cross. He knows Ill never be able to repay him.
He has saved my life.
Working out three times a week, Mark seemed perfectly healthy.
In October 2018, he noticed he was feeling tired, but put it down to having a newborn,
Lucas.
Then, after a routine check-up found his blood pressure to be worryingly high, he visited
his GP,
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Victoria and Mark with Andy and Laura celebrating a couple of weeks ago (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Two dads who got chatting at the school gates
become best friends after one saves the others life
by donating a kidney
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
Two dads who did the nursery run together have become best friends after one gave the
other the gift of life by donating a kidney.
Keen gym goer Mark Wilson, 35, had just become a second-time father and was busy
planning a family holiday to Orlando, Florida, USA, with his wife, marketing executive
Victoria, 32, and children, Emilie, five, and Lucas, one.
But his world came crashing down in April 2019, when a routine medical check through
his work in an accident and repair shop round his blood pressure to be sky high.
An ideal level is between 90/60mmHg and 120/80mmHg with the first number referring
to the amount of pressure in the arteries when the heart contracts, and the second the
blood pressure between beats - but his reading was 196/115mmHg.
Mark, of Gourock, near Glasgow, Scotland, went to his GP, who urged him to go straight
to hospital, where tests showed that he had stage five kidney disease.
He was told he would need a transplant, but with family members unable to donate, he
feared time was running out until help arrived in the form of Andy McCall, 32, a fellow
dad who knew him from the school run.
Mark, who had the operation on Valentines Day, said: When Andy offered, I couldnt
believe it. At that point, he was pretty much a complete stranger.
When my family and I heard that he was a match, we burst into tears - even the kidney
co-ordinator was crying.
It felt like our paths had been meant to cross. He knows Ill never be able to repay him.
He has saved my life.
Working out three times a week, Mark seemed perfectly healthy.
In October 2018, he noticed he was feeling tired, but put it down to having a newborn,
Lucas.
Then, after a routine check-up found his blood pressure to be
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Victoria and Mark with Andy and Laura celebrating a week after the transplant (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Two dads who got chatting at the school gates
become best friends after one saves the others life
by donating a kidney
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
Two dads who did the nursery run together have become best friends after one gave the
other the gift of life by donating a kidney.
Keen gym goer Mark Wilson, 35, had just become a second-time father and was busy
planning a family holiday to Orlando, Florida, USA, with his wife, marketing executive
Victoria, 32, and children, Emilie, five, and Lucas, one.
But his world came crashing down in April 2019, when a routine medical check through
his work in an accident and repair shop round his blood pressure to be sky high.
An ideal level is between 90/60mmHg and 120/80mmHg with the first number referring
to the amount of pressure in the arteries when the heart contracts, and the second the
blood pressure between beats - but his reading was 196/115mmHg.
Mark, of Gourock, near Glasgow, Scotland, went to his GP, who urged him to go straight
to hospital, where tests showed that he had stage five kidney disease.
He was told he would need a transplant, but with family members unable to donate, he
feared time was running out until help arrived in the form of Andy McCall, 32, a fellow
dad who knew him from the school run.
Mark, who had the operation on Valentines Day, said: When Andy offered, I couldnt
believe it. At that point, he was pretty much a complete stranger.
When my family and I heard that he was a match, we burst into tears - even the kidney
co-ordinator was crying.
It felt like our paths had been meant to cross. He knows Ill never be able to repay him.
He has saved my life.
Working out three times a week, Mark seemed perfectly healthy.
In October 2018, he noticed he was feeling tired, but put it down to having a newborn,
Lucas.
Then, after a routine check-up found his blood pressure
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Mark and Andy celebrating a week after the transplant (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Two dads who got chatting at the school gates
become best friends after one saves the others life
by donating a kidney
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
Two dads who did the nursery run together have become best friends after one gave the
other the gift of life by donating a kidney.
Keen gym goer Mark Wilson, 35, had just become a second-time father and was busy
planning a family holiday to Orlando, Florida, USA, with his wife, marketing executive
Victoria, 32, and children, Emilie, five, and Lucas, one.
But his world came crashing down in April 2019, when a routine medical check through
his work in an accident and repair shop round his blood pressure to be sky high.
An ideal level is between 90/60mmHg and 120/80mmHg with the first number referring
to the amount of pressure in the arteries when the heart contracts, and the second the
blood pressure between beats - but his reading was 196/115mmHg.
Mark, of Gourock, near Glasgow, Scotland, went to his GP, who urged him to go straight
to hospital, where tests showed that he had stage five kidney disease.
He was told he would need a transplant, but with family members unable to donate, he
feared time was running out until help arrived in the form of Andy McCall, 32, a fellow
dad who knew him from the school run.
Mark, who had the operation on Valentines Day, said: When Andy offered, I couldnt
believe it. At that point, he was pretty much a complete stranger.
When my family and I heard that he was a match, we burst into tears - even the kidney
co-ordinator was crying.
It felt like our paths had been meant to cross. He knows Ill never be able to repay him.
He has saved my life.
Working out three times a week, Mark seemed perfectly healthy.
In October 2018, he noticed he was feeling tired, but put it down to having a newborn,
Lucas.
Then, after a routine check-up found his blood pressure to be worryingly high, h
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Victoria and Mark (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Two dads who got chatting at the school gates
become best friends after one saves the others life
by donating a kidney
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
Two dads who did the nursery run together have become best friends after one gave the
other the gift of life by donating a kidney.
Keen gym goer Mark Wilson, 35, had just become a second-time father and was busy
planning a family holiday to Orlando, Florida, USA, with his wife, marketing executive
Victoria, 32, and children, Emilie, five, and Lucas, one.
But his world came crashing down in April 2019, when a routine medical check through
his work in an accident and repair shop round his blood pressure to be sky high.
An ideal level is between 90/60mmHg and 120/80mmHg with the first number referring
to the amount of pressure in the arteries when the heart contracts, and the second the
blood pressure between beats - but his reading was 196/115mmHg.
Mark, of Gourock, near Glasgow, Scotland, went to his GP, who urged him to go straight
to hospital, where tests showed that he had stage five kidney disease.
He was told he would need a transplant, but with family members unable to donate, he
feared time was running out until help arrived in the form of Andy McCall, 32, a fellow
dad who knew him from the school run.
Mark, who had the operation on Valentines Day, said: When Andy offered, I couldnt
believe it. At that point, he was pretty much a complete stranger.
When my family and I heard that he was a match, we burst into tears - even the kidney
co-ordinator was crying.
It felt like our paths had been meant to cross. He knows Ill never be able to repay him.
He has saved my life.
Working out three times a week, Mark seemed perfectly healthy.
In October 2018, he noticed he was feeling tired, but put it down to having a newborn,
Lucas.
Then, after a routine check-up found his blood pressure to be worryingly high, he visited
his GP, who performed a b
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Mark in hospital (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Two dads who got chatting at the school gates
become best friends after one saves the others life
by donating a kidney
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
Two dads who did the nursery run together have become best friends after one gave the
other the gift of life by donating a kidney.
Keen gym goer Mark Wilson, 35, had just become a second-time father and was busy
planning a family holiday to Orlando, Florida, USA, with his wife, marketing executive
Victoria, 32, and children, Emilie, five, and Lucas, one.
But his world came crashing down in April 2019, when a routine medical check through
his work in an accident and repair shop round his blood pressure to be sky high.
An ideal level is between 90/60mmHg and 120/80mmHg with the first number referring
to the amount of pressure in the arteries when the heart contracts, and the second the
blood pressure between beats - but his reading was 196/115mmHg.
Mark, of Gourock, near Glasgow, Scotland, went to his GP, who urged him to go straight
to hospital, where tests showed that he had stage five kidney disease.
He was told he would need a transplant, but with family members unable to donate, he
feared time was running out until help arrived in the form of Andy McCall, 32, a fellow
dad who knew him from the school run.
Mark, who had the operation on Valentines Day, said: When Andy offered, I couldnt
believe it. At that point, he was pretty much a complete stranger.
When my family and I heard that he was a match, we burst into tears - even the kidney
co-ordinator was crying.
It felt like our paths had been meant to cross. He knows Ill never be able to repay him.
He has saved my life.
Working out three times a week, Mark seemed perfectly healthy.
In October 2018, he noticed he was feeling tired, but put it down to having a newborn,
Lucas.
Then, after a routine check-up found his blood pressure to be worryingly high, he visited
his GP, who performed a bl
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Mark with Emilie (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Two dads who got chatting at the school gates
become best friends after one saves the others life
by donating a kidney
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
Two dads who did the nursery run together have become best friends after one gave the
other the gift of life by donating a kidney.
Keen gym goer Mark Wilson, 35, had just become a second-time father and was busy
planning a family holiday to Orlando, Florida, USA, with his wife, marketing executive
Victoria, 32, and children, Emilie, five, and Lucas, one.
But his world came crashing down in April 2019, when a routine medical check through
his work in an accident and repair shop round his blood pressure to be sky high.
An ideal level is between 90/60mmHg and 120/80mmHg with the first number referring
to the amount of pressure in the arteries when the heart contracts, and the second the
blood pressure between beats - but his reading was 196/115mmHg.
Mark, of Gourock, near Glasgow, Scotland, went to his GP, who urged him to go straight
to hospital, where tests showed that he had stage five kidney disease.
He was told he would need a transplant, but with family members unable to donate, he
feared time was running out until help arrived in the form of Andy McCall, 32, a fellow
dad who knew him from the school run.
Mark, who had the operation on Valentines Day, said: When Andy offered, I couldnt
believe it. At that point, he was pretty much a complete stranger.
When my family and I heard that he was a match, we burst into tears - even the kidney
co-ordinator was crying.
It felt like our paths had been meant to cross. He knows Ill never be able to repay him.
He has saved my life.
Working out three times a week, Mark seemed perfectly healthy.
In October 2018, he noticed he was feeling tired, but put it down to having a newborn,
Lucas.
Then, after a routine check-up found his blood pressure to be worryingly high, he visited
his GP, who performed a bl
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Mark after the operation (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Two dads who got chatting at the school gates
become best friends after one saves the others life
by donating a kidney
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
Two dads who did the nursery run together have become best friends after one gave the
other the gift of life by donating a kidney.
Keen gym goer Mark Wilson, 35, had just become a second-time father and was busy
planning a family holiday to Orlando, Florida, USA, with his wife, marketing executive
Victoria, 32, and children, Emilie, five, and Lucas, one.
But his world came crashing down in April 2019, when a routine medical check through
his work in an accident and repair shop round his blood pressure to be sky high.
An ideal level is between 90/60mmHg and 120/80mmHg with the first number referring
to the amount of pressure in the arteries when the heart contracts, and the second the
blood pressure between beats - but his reading was 196/115mmHg.
Mark, of Gourock, near Glasgow, Scotland, went to his GP, who urged him to go straight
to hospital, where tests showed that he had stage five kidney disease.
He was told he would need a transplant, but with family members unable to donate, he
feared time was running out until help arrived in the form of Andy McCall, 32, a fellow
dad who knew him from the school run.
Mark, who had the operation on Valentines Day, said: When Andy offered, I couldnt
believe it. At that point, he was pretty much a complete stranger.
When my family and I heard that he was a match, we burst into tears - even the kidney
co-ordinator was crying.
It felt like our paths had been meant to cross. He knows Ill never be able to repay him.
He has saved my life.
Working out three times a week, Mark seemed perfectly healthy.
In October 2018, he noticed he was feeling tired, but put it down to having a newborn,
Lucas.
Then, after a routine check-up found his blood pressure to be worryingly high, he visited
his GP, who perfor
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Andy and Mark after the operation (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Two dads who got chatting at the school gates
become best friends after one saves the others life
by donating a kidney
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
Two dads who did the nursery run together have become best friends after one gave the
other the gift of life by donating a kidney.
Keen gym goer Mark Wilson, 35, had just become a second-time father and was busy
planning a family holiday to Orlando, Florida, USA, with his wife, marketing executive
Victoria, 32, and children, Emilie, five, and Lucas, one.
But his world came crashing down in April 2019, when a routine medical check through
his work in an accident and repair shop round his blood pressure to be sky high.
An ideal level is between 90/60mmHg and 120/80mmHg with the first number referring
to the amount of pressure in the arteries when the heart contracts, and the second the
blood pressure between beats - but his reading was 196/115mmHg.
Mark, of Gourock, near Glasgow, Scotland, went to his GP, who urged him to go straight
to hospital, where tests showed that he had stage five kidney disease.
He was told he would need a transplant, but with family members unable to donate, he
feared time was running out until help arrived in the form of Andy McCall, 32, a fellow
dad who knew him from the school run.
Mark, who had the operation on Valentines Day, said: When Andy offered, I couldnt
believe it. At that point, he was pretty much a complete stranger.
When my family and I heard that he was a match, we burst into tears - even the kidney
co-ordinator was crying.
It felt like our paths had been meant to cross. He knows Ill never be able to repay him.
He has saved my life.
Working out three times a week, Mark seemed perfectly healthy.
In October 2018, he noticed he was feeling tired, but put it down to having a newborn,
Lucas.
Then, after a routine check-up found his blood pressure to be worryingly high, he visited
his GP, w
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