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Lottie Bryon-Edmond to be UK Transplant Week lorry poster girl | Lottie Bryon-Edmond to be UK Transplant Week lorry poster girl |
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The face of a girl thought to be the youngest person to have survived a liver transplant is appearing on a fleet of lorries to highlight National Transplant Week. | The face of a girl thought to be the youngest person to have survived a liver transplant is appearing on a fleet of lorries to highlight National Transplant Week. |
The image of Lottie Bryon-Edmond, from Torquay, will be on Gregory's Distribution trucks across the UK. | The image of Lottie Bryon-Edmond, from Torquay, will be on Gregory's Distribution trucks across the UK. |
She underwent the transplant in August 2011 when she was five weeks old after a nationwide hunt for a suitable organ. | She underwent the transplant in August 2011 when she was five weeks old after a nationwide hunt for a suitable organ. |
She celebrated her second birthday at the weekend. | She celebrated her second birthday at the weekend. |
Last year Lottie was chosen by Torbay Hospital as their iLIVEiGIVE campaign poster girl. | |
She needed an urgent transplant after she was diagnosed with neonatal haemochromatosis - a rare condition in which iron accumulates in the body, causing severe damage to the liver and other organs. | |
Doctors warned she could have died at any time before the procedure and she was top of the UK's urgent transplant list for 14 days. | Doctors warned she could have died at any time before the procedure and she was top of the UK's urgent transplant list for 14 days. |
According to the NHS, one donor can save or transform up to nine lives and help others through tissue donation. | According to the NHS, one donor can save or transform up to nine lives and help others through tissue donation. |
National Transplant Week runs until next Sunday. | National Transplant Week runs until next Sunday. |
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