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Dad Donates Part of Liver to Save 22-Month-Old Daughter’s Life
Surgeons confirmed the father was a match only after opening him up, and both operations succeeded in a six-hour transplant procedure.
- Pig farmer Rory Griffiths donated 20% of his liver to save his 22-month-old daughter Harriet, with the procedure performed at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital while she waited two miles away at Birmingham Children's Hospital.
- Specialists diagnosed Harriet with Alpha-1 Anti-Trypsin Deficiency at eight weeks old. Following initial treatment with medication and specialized formula, doctors informed Rory and Emily that she required a transplant after developing chronic liver disease.
- Surgeons spent six hours performing the delicate procedure, removing a 311g portion of Rory's liver. Emily explained that surgeons "didn't know for sure that the transplant could take place" until they opened him up.
- Both operations proved successful, and father and daughter reunited four days later. Rory recovered in six days and noted his liver fully regenerated within roughly 12 weeks.
- Surgeon Hector Vilca-Melendez said the achievement was "only possible through the close collaboration" of the transplant teams. The team hopes Harriet can now enjoy as normal a childhood as possible.
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