Emma Nicholls underwent a liver transplant to save the life of her son, Teddy Nicholls, who is only 21 months old, due to a hereditary disease.
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Emma Nicholls decided to donate a part of her liver to save the life of her son, Teddy Nicholls, who is only 21 months old, in a transplant performed at King’s College Hospital in London. According to doctors, the little one now “has the opportunity to develop as would be normal for any child.”
Teddy was born with a rare hereditary disease known as neonatal hemochromatosis, and therefore, the donation from his mother was the second transplant responsible for saving his life, as the disease can cause liver failure in newborns and be fatal without treatment.
The first transplant took place when he was only 10 weeks old, in April 2022, using a part of a liver from a deceased donor. At that time, his mother, Mrs. Nicholls, could not donate as her son needed surgery right after birth.
Doctors used a technique known as monosegmental liver transplant of connecting veins for both operations. Now, three weeks after the procedure, Teddy can go back home to Cambridgeshire with his mother to enjoy Christmas with his father Greg Nicholls and his five-year-old brother, Theo Nicholls.
