Moving moment dad reaches out to his baby son after they wake from transplant

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DAD Matt Price reaches out to his baby son after the pair come round from a life-saving ten-hour op. Matt, 39, donated a fifth of his liver to Callan, born with a rare genetic disease. Aged just fo…

DAD Matt Price reaches out to his baby son after the pair come round from a life-saving ten-hour op.A dad reaches out to his baby son after they both wake from a liver swapCredit: SWNS:South West News Service

Aged just four days, Callan, who was having trouble breathing, went into a five-day coma. Matt and wife Jen, 36, were warned he might die.. Matt wanted to donate rather than wait for one to become available. So he shunned alcohol and lost two stone to cut down his cholesterol levels. But in November Callan was still too small for the gruelling operation. The procedure went ahead in February at King’s College Hospital in Brixton, South London.most read in health newsProstitute who earns £2,000 a week reveals the average penis size ...

“It had been such a stressful time but just seeing his face made everything better.” Callan was born with Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency — with his body failing to produce an enzyme to control levels of ammonia in his blood. Matt added: “Callan was poisoning his own brain and it was closing down. We wanted to tell our story to raise awareness about how important organ donation is.

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