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Monday, 11 September 2017

DEATH CAN'T STOP A GOOD HEART

Jemima Layzell, a 13-year-old girl from Somerset, who died in 2012 from a brain aneurysm has helped a record eight different people, including five children, through organ donation.
She donated her heart, pancreas, lungs, kidneys, small bowel and liver.
It is a legacy that her parents said she would have been very proud of.
NHS Blood and Transplant said no other donor had helped this many people.
Jemima collapsed during preparations for her mum's 38th birthday party and died four days later at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children.
Her heart, small bowel, and pancreas were transplanted into three different people while two people received her kidneys.
Her liver was split and transplanted into a further two people, and both of her lungs were transplanted into one patient.
Normally, a donation results in 2.6 transplants - eight is very unusual.
According to Jemima's parents, she had never heard of organ donation before and found it a little bit unsettling but totally understood the importance of it.
She said they still found the decision to donate their daughter's organs hard, but felt it was right.
Jemima's family have set up a trust in her name to promote organ donation.


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