Selfless dad Kevin Burgess donates kidney to 11-year-old daughter Grace

WARRINGTON GUARDIAN | Adam Everett

Kevin Burgess has donated one of his kidneys to his 11-year-old daughter Grace.

A SELFLESS dad has urged residents to sign up for the Organ Donor Register after giving one of his kidneys away to his 11-year-old daughter.

Kevin Burgess donated the organ to his daughter Grace, who needed a transplant having been diagnosed with cystinosis at the age of two.

From then onwards, 11-year-old Grace has had to wake up at 1am every night in order to take medication to manage the genetic condition.

But last month Kevin and Grace went into surgery at Manchester Royal Infirmary to undergo the transplant.

Kevin, 41, said: “Since the age of two Grace has never moaned.

“We have matching blood types and once I knew that I was a match we decided that I would do it. Continue reading

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