Three-year-old Zachary Bradford passed away after battling sepsis while awaiting a double transplant. His family, who campaigned for organ donation awareness, are heartbroken but inspired by his bravery.
The devastated family of a 'superhero' toddler who died while waiting for an organ transplant have shared their indescribable loss. Zachary Bradford, from Kirkintilloch, passed away on January 2 aged three. He was waiting for a small bowel and liver transplant after spending most of his life in hospital. His family revealed he died after a short battle with sepsis - just one day after his mum Jade issued a plea to Scots to make organ donation a New Year solution.
His gran Nicola Earaker paid a heartfelt tribute to “the happiest boy” who she said “changed the lives of so many”. The family has now launched a fundraiser 'honouring their son’s beautiful memory' with a fitting funeral, reports the Daily Record. Nicola said: 'Our family were always aware of the race against time for Zachary, and actively campaigned to raise awareness of children in need of transplants. Unfortunately he contracted sepsis, and with how fragile his body was, this was just too much for him. We are all suffering in ways we cannot comprehend. The heartbreak and loss we feel as Zachary’s family is indescribable. 'Zachary was the happiest boy. No matter how much he endured in his short life, he always braved it with a smile on his face. Living most of his life in Glasgow Children’s hospital, he has met and changed the lives of so many. Every day he had the nurses and doctors wrapped round his cheeky little finger as he pointed and bossed them around. Zachary’s love is contagious, and his bravery inspires us to continue on, no matter the pain.' In September doctors gave Zachary just weeks left to live unless he received a double transplant. His parents Jade, 23, and Rhys Bradford, 29, never gave up hope that a donor would be found as Zachary continued to pass major milestones reaching his third birthday and his parents’ wedding day in October. Zachary required a liver transplant after complications following his premature birth on October, 4. 2021
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