A newborn in England is saved when his mom’s best friend donates part of her liver to him. Shortly after Tommy Beckett was born, doctors diagnosed him with a rare liver condition. His mother Lauren Beckett, 25, put out an urgent plea for a liver donor and hundreds of people volunteered, but it was Lauren’s best friend, Kayleigh Taylor, who ended up being a match.
Kayleigh, 34, has a husband and two children of her own, but she felt that helping Tommy was her responsibility and she never reconsidered. “I wasn’t going to have anything happen to Tommy if I could help it,” she says.
At the end of last year, the two had a successful transplant surgery and more than half a year later, Tommy is happy and healthy and his family is beyond grateful for “Aunty Kayleigh.” Lauren gets emotional when she talks about what her friend of six years has done for her family. “Without Kayleigh, Tommy would have died,” she says. “It doesn’t feel real. She saved him, and I will never be able to thank her enough.”
Source: Metro