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The youngest Briton to survive a liver transplant, celebrates her first birthday
- The youngest person in Britain to survive a liver transplant has defied the odds to celebrate her 1st birthday yesterday.
- Lottie clung to life for five weeks until miraculously a donor was found
- Lottie’s parents couldn’t be with her following her life-saving operation after the riots in August last year left the hospital in lockdown
- Lottie’s parents have launched a campaign to encourage more organ donors
The youngest person in Britain to survive a liver transplant has defied the odds to celebrate her first birthday yesterday.
Lottie Bryon-Edmond was given just hours to live after being born with a rare condition which gave her toxic levels of iron in her liver.
She went straight to the top of Britain’s transplant list and clung to life for five weeks until a suitable donor was eventually found.
The odds of finding a suitable donor for Lottie were incredibly slim – with just five a year usually coming forward from children who have passed away.
Amazingly, Lottie’s new liver came from a living donor, whose parents are believed to have come forward after reading about the baby’s desperate plight.
Lottie underwent the lifesaving eight-hour operation at Birmingham Children’s Hospital aged just five weeks. Doctors said she could have died at any point during surgery.
The delicate procedure itself offered only a 50 per cent survival rate but Lottie managed to pull through, becoming the youngest person in Britain to live after a transplant.
Decision on social care funding in England facing delay
The government is to agree in principle to cap the amount elderly and disabled people in England pay towards the cost of social care, when it publishes plans on the issue next week.
But there will be no final agreement on how to fund the changes, and a decision will not be made until the spending review expected late next year.
Labour said talks to try to secure a cross-party consensus had broken down.
The health secretary said ministers were committed to continuing talks.
Last July, a review chaired by economist Andrew Dilnot put forward a raft of ideas for changes to adult social care funding in England.
The most notable of these was a £35,000 cap on what people should pay before they get help from the state.
Helping hand for carers in crisis
Published on Thursday 5 July 2012 08:59
A NEW service has been launched to support selfless carers in Hucknall who find themselves in crisis.
The Carers’ Crisis Prevention Scheme has been launched by Notts County Council to give reassurance and practical help in emergencies.
East Midlands Crossroads and North Notts Crossroads are providing the service at a cost of £85,000 this year.
