A FATHER-OF-TWO who almost died from kidney failure has been given the gift of life by his kind-hearted cousin.
Nigel Tomlinson, of Bowness Road, Padiham, was found to have polycystic kidney failure and needed a transplant to save his life.
The 43-year-old waited three years for a dead donor while he kept himself alive with hours of painstaking dialysis treatment every day.
The hereditary condition reduced the powerful 6ft 7in. former bodybuilder to an “old man” and his partner Sharon Bleasdale, feared the worst when his kidney function dropped to just 4% and he even “died” 15 times during dialysis when his blood pressure dropped to zero and his heart stopped.
But his cousin Chris McGowan (44) (above left) stepped in to put himself up as an organ donor and gave Nigel a new kidney and a new life.
His family are now appealing to more people to put themselves forward for potentially life-saving organ donation.
Former civil engineer Nigel, whose mum and grandma both died young from kidney failure, spoke of his three-year hell with the condition.
Read more: http://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/health/padiham-dad-receives-kidney-transplant-from-cousin-1-4563847
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