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Kidney swap couple doing wellKidney swap couple doing well
6:45pm Tue 13 May 08
Transplant couple John and Suzi Macfarlane are recovering well after their odds-beating kidney swap.

Husband donates kidney to his wifeHusband donates kidney to his wife
6:30am Fri 9 May 08
Mother-of-three Suzi Macfarlane awoke today looking forward to a bright future after her husband gave her the ultimate gift of life.
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Carry on nursingCarry on nursing
4:07pm Sun 20 Apr 08
Full of vitality and committed to improving the health of her patients, there is little indication nurse Violet Fazal-Sanderson, 47, has been through any kind of ill health - let alone two gruelling kidney transplants.

I paid a farmer for his kidneyI paid a farmer for his kidney
6:18am Thu 10 Apr 08
A solicitor from Oxford paid a stranger £7,000 for a kidney rather than facing years on the transplant waiting list.
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Kidney donor found for young mumKidney donor found for young mum
6:23am Wed 9 Apr 08
Young mum Jasmine Parker is celebrating being given "the best 18th birthday present ever" after undergoing a life-changing kidney transplant.
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Waiting for a second chanceWaiting for a second chance
4:48pm Wed 26 Mar 08
More South Asians develop kidney disease than their white neighbours — but a shortage of donors in their community means they could have to wait at least twice as long for a transplant.

A long wait to live a new lifeA long wait to live a new life
6:00am Thu 13 Mar 08
Seventeen-year-old Jasmine Parker is one of dozens of people in Oxfordshire waiting for a new kidney.

Organ donor register saved my lifeOrgan donor register saved my life
4:38pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Susan Kinch was only 10 years old when her mother died from kidney failure.

'Mum gave me the greatest gift''Mum gave me the greatest gift'
6:30am Sat 1 Mar 08
Claire Davies will be more thankful than most on Mother's Day.

Donor gave me a new lifeDonor gave me a new life
4:31pm Sun 24 Feb 08
Thirty years ago, Graham Sparrowhawk had just a one-in-four chance of surviving.

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