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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Girl, 18 who was saved by donor organ plucked from burning jet need third liver to survive

Mail Online | Sadie Whitelocks

'I have been very unlucky, but lucky at the same time,' says dying teenager

A teenager who was saved by a donor liver plucked from a burning plane wreck is facing death for a third time in a year.

Kate Trevener, 18, has battled through two bouts of acute liver failure but has now been told she will need a third major operation.

Doctors have discovered that the fashion student from Castle Bromwich in the West Midlands is suffering from 'ongoing rejection' to her second donor liver and now requires another organ transplant.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2050055/Liver-transplant-Girl-18-saved-donor-organ-plucked-burning-jet-needs-THIRD-liver-survive.html#ixzz1bBTqKIHQ

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