A PONTELAND teenager was successful at a national sporting event after a family member gave him a new lease of life.
Ryan Dobinson was very poorly as one of his kidneys was on the verge of failing and so his mother – Gill Childs – agreed to donate one of hers last November, with the operation taking place at the RVI in Newcastle.
The 16-year-old made an excellent recovery and earlier this month he took part in the British Transplant Games in Belfast.
He competed in four events – archery, table tennis, fishing and ball throw – and won silver medals in archery and fishing.
Gill said: “Ryan was on the organ donor waiting list for five months and his was a rare tissue match which meant he could have had to wait a lot longer, so I decided to give him one of my kidneys.
“The RVI always takes a team to the Games and as Ryan had made a remarkable recovery, he was asked to take part.
“I’m so proud of how well he did, especially in archery as he had only done it a couple of times before the event. He goes fishing regularly with his granddad and has started to do a bit of sea fishing.”
Ryan benefited from the Children’s Kidney Fund during his stay in hospital and it was chosen by staff at Sainsbury’s Ponteland as its charity of the year after it received a number of nominations.
So in order to collect funds for it and the trip, Gill, Ryan and other members of the charity held a bag pack at the store which raised £70.
The 16-year-old made an excellent recovery and earlier this month he took part in the British Transplant Games in Belfast.
He competed in four events – archery, table tennis, fishing and ball throw – and won silver medals in archery and fishing.
Gill said: “Ryan was on the organ donor waiting list for five months and his was a rare tissue match which meant he could have had to wait a lot longer, so I decided to give him one of my kidneys.
“The RVI always takes a team to the Games and as Ryan had made a remarkable recovery, he was asked to take part.
“I’m so proud of how well he did, especially in archery as he had only done it a couple of times before the event. He goes fishing regularly with his granddad and has started to do a bit of sea fishing.”
Ryan benefited from the Children’s Kidney Fund during his stay in hospital and it was chosen by staff at Sainsbury’s Ponteland as its charity of the year after it received a number of nominations.
So in order to collect funds for it and the trip, Gill, Ryan and other members of the charity held a bag pack at the store which raised £70.
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