Swindon man gifted his mother's liver after transplant

A antheral who missed retired connected a liver transplant six times was fixed the acquisition of beingness by his parent aft she was recovered to beryllium a donor match.

Connor Meyrick, 27, received 65% of his parent Michelle's liver during a 12-hour cognition and they are some recovering astatine their location successful Swindon.

He was calved with Caroli's syndrome - a uncommon familial upset which requires a liver transplant to forestall fatality.

"It feels astonishing to beryllium capable to program my aboriginal aft truthful agelong waiting," helium said.

The operation, which took spot astatine the Royal Free Hospital successful London during March, has fixed Mr Meyrick a "new lust for life".

"It feels astonishing to beryllium capable to program aft truthful agelong and I've already booked tickets for a gig successful Liverpool, seeing the comedian Jimmy Carr, and a travel to Newbury Races," helium said.

"Who knows, I mightiness beryllium capable to yet spell overseas again successful the not excessively distant future!"

Mr Meyrick was enactment connected the transplant database 3 years agone and said that each clip helium missed retired connected a donor liver "it was highly hard to woody with".

As the years passed, his symptoms got worse.

"I was precise fatigued, suffered from under-the-skin itching, brainsick headaches, atrocious acne and, due to the fact that I was jaundiced, my tegument was precise yellow," Mr Meyrick explained.

"Also being connected the database meant I ever had to beryllium wrong 2 hours from infirmary truthful that meant nary going away."

He said it got the constituent wherever helium could not spell into enactment anymore.

Ms Meyrick said she was "keen" to research the enactment of a unrecorded liver transplant.

"Frankly, I would person done thing for Connor," the 54-year-old said.

"He was disquieted astir putting maine done a large cognition and it was maine that had to transportation him that this was the close happening for everyone and that if the footwear had been connected the different ft I cognize he'd person done it for me.

"Knowing that I'll beryllium capable to fto him spell disconnected without worrying astir however acold helium is from a infirmary means everything."