Burnley teaching assistant on crusade to increase number of living organ donors after donating 70 per cent of her liver to her brother in law
Hayley Basterfield donated 70 per cent of her liver to her brother in law Lee Lewis. Now she is on a mission to encourage more people to become living organ donors.Hayley put herself forward as a donor after doctors told Lee, who is married to Hayley's sister Zoe, he would need a liver transplant after a couple of years of undergoing procedures to help drainage of the bile. But they also said that, as he was considered 'well' he would have to find a live donor.
" I said I never knew you could donate part of your liver although I knew you could donate a kidney." The process was delayed as Hayley got married to husband Dale in December, 2018, and there was a further six month delay when it was discovered she had an under active thyroid. Then the pandemic hit and everything went on hold.
The surgery was called off a further four times to make way for other transplants and eventually went ahead in April.
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