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| Dad donates kidney to stranger after daughter's transplant | Dad donates kidney to stranger after daughter's transplant |
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| Seren said receiving a kidney transplant was "such a huge gift" | Seren said receiving a kidney transplant was "such a huge gift" |
| A father has donated a kidney to a stranger after his own daughter received her own life-changing kidney from a donor. | A father has donated a kidney to a stranger after his own daughter received her own life-changing kidney from a donor. |
| Arfon Jones, from Cardiff, joined a living donor scheme although he found he was not a match for daughter Seren, 19, who became seriously unwell and ended up having both kidneys removed. | Arfon Jones, from Cardiff, joined a living donor scheme although he found he was not a match for daughter Seren, 19, who became seriously unwell and ended up having both kidneys removed. |
| He became a donor last month after she received a donor kidney in April. | He became a donor last month after she received a donor kidney in April. |
| "I felt that I had given someone a nice Christmas present," he said. | "I felt that I had given someone a nice Christmas present," he said. |
| After months of Seren being on dialysis for 10 hours every night, Arfon took an early morning call last April to say that a suitable kidney had become available. | After months of Seren being on dialysis for 10 hours every night, Arfon took an early morning call last April to say that a suitable kidney had become available. |
| "It's such a huge gift," she said. | "It's such a huge gift," she said. |
| "Without the kidney I wouldn't be alive today, possibly, or I would certainly have had to continue with 10 hours of dialysis." | "Without the kidney I wouldn't be alive today, possibly, or I would certainly have had to continue with 10 hours of dialysis." |
| Black patients wait six months longer for organs | Black patients wait six months longer for organs |
| Mum of boy who needs kidney asks for Asian donors | Mum of boy who needs kidney asks for Asian donors |
| Arfon said the phone call was "amazing". | Arfon said the phone call was "amazing". |
| "They operated overnight and it has all changed our life completely." | "They operated overnight and it has all changed our life completely." |
| Arfon Jones says he felt compelled to donate a kidney after daughter, Seren, received a transplant | Arfon Jones says he felt compelled to donate a kidney after daughter, Seren, received a transplant |
| While Seren was awaiting a kidney, the family came across the NHS's living donor scheme and, although Mr Jones was not a match, he felt compelled to help others. | While Seren was awaiting a kidney, the family came across the NHS's living donor scheme and, although Mr Jones was not a match, he felt compelled to help others. |
| He said he did not know who had received his kidney but he understood that their health was improving. | He said he did not know who had received his kidney but he understood that their health was improving. |
| "After Seren got her new kidney, she was told that I could get off the living donor list and that's when I had a very strange experience," said Arfon. | "After Seren got her new kidney, she was told that I could get off the living donor list and that's when I had a very strange experience," said Arfon. |
| "It was as if I heard a voice telling me 'there is someone else who needs your kidney' and I just felt that I had to stay on the list." | "It was as if I heard a voice telling me 'there is someone else who needs your kidney' and I just felt that I had to stay on the list." |
| He had the procedure in December and said: "It felt like I'd given someone quite a nice Christmas present and it was nice to know that I'm healthy enough to donate a kidney given that I'm almost 70." | He had the procedure in December and said: "It felt like I'd given someone quite a nice Christmas present and it was nice to know that I'm healthy enough to donate a kidney given that I'm almost 70." |
| The interview can be heard in full on Radio Cymru's Bwrw Golwg | The interview can be heard in full on Radio Cymru's Bwrw Golwg |
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