Donor could help save 'Jack'
The 12-year-old boy is in the care of Leeds Council which has now issued an urgent plea to find him a 'living donor' to help transform his life. The authority is taking the unusual step of making a public appeal to help find a matching donor for the gravely-ill boy who has been in its care since 2022.
Janine Craven, delivery manager in Leeds Council’s children and families service, said: “This is a lovely young boy who has very sadly spent most of his childhood in and out of hospital. But due to complications within the last few weeks, he has now been moved onto a different form of dialysis which involves in-hospital treatment, hooked up to a machine for four hours, three times a week.
“We’re told this is the last form of dialysis he can have and it also comes with its own risks, which increase the longer he is receiving it. A kidney transplant is now his best option.”Councillor Helen Hayden, Leeds Council’s executive member for children and families, said: “Please help us to find this 12-year-old boy a kidney.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust has been carrying out kidney transplants since 1967, performing over 5,800 transplants to date.
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